The Regius Professor of Natural History is a Regius Professorship at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. It was originally called the Regius Professor of Civil and Natural History at Marischal College until in 1860 Marischal College and King's Colleges merged to form the University of Aberdeen, and the title changed to Natural History.
Name | Tenure |
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Francis Skene [1] [2] | 11 January 1753 – 1775 |
George Skene [1] [2] | 1775–88 |
William Morgan [1] [2] | 10 May 1788 – 2 September 1788 |
James Beattie [1] [2] | 22 October 1788 – 5 October 1810 |
Rev Robert Rainy [1] [2] | 1811 – 10 April 1811 |
James (Jas) Davidson [1] [2] | 1 July 1811 – 19 February 1841 |
William MacGillivray [1] [2] [3] [4] | 17 May 1841 – 5 September 1852 |
James Nicol [1] [2] [5] | 15 September 1853 – 15 September 1860 |
Name change to Natural History | |
James Nicol | 15 September 1860 – 1878 |
James Cossar Ewart [6] | 1879-82 |
Henry Alleyne Nicholson [7] | 1882–99 |
John Arthur Thomson [8] | 1899–1930 |
James Ritchie [9] | 1930–36 |
Lancelot Thomas Hogben [10] | 1937–41 |
Alister Clavering Hardy [11] | 1942–45 |
Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards [12] | 1946–74 |
George Mackenzie Dunnet [13] | 1974–92 |
Paul Adrian Racey [14] | 1993–2009 |
Vacant [15] | 2009–14 |
Christopher John Secombes [15] [16] | 2014 onwards |
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William Laurence Brown was a Scottish minister.
Henry Alleyne Nicholson FRS FRSE FGS FLS was a British palaeontologist and zoologist.
Archibald Hamilton Charteris was a Scottish theologian, a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, professor of biblical criticism at the University of Edinburgh and a leading voice in Church reforms. He is credited as being the father of the Woman's Guild and founder of "Life and Work" magazine.
The Regius Professor of Medicine is an appointment held at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland and was formally founded in 1858 by Queen Victoria.
Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, was a prominent English botanist and mycologist. During the First World War, she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then as Commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1918 to 1919. During the Second World War, from 1939 to 1941, she served as Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS).
David Fordyce was a Scottish philosopher, a contributor to the Scottish Enlightenment.
George Turnbull was a Scottish philosopher, theologian, teacher, writer on education and an early but little-known figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. He taught at Marischal College, Aberdeen, worked as a tutor and became an Anglican clergyman. Aside from his published writings on moral philosophy, he is also known for the influence he exerted on Thomas Reid and as the first member of the Scottish Enlightenment to publish a formal treatise on the theory and practice of education.
William Skinner, was bishop of Aberdeen in the Scottish Episcopal Church.
Alexander Nicoll (1793–1828) was a Scottish orientalist, known for his bibliographical work. He became Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford in 1822.
Cosmo Alexander was a Scottish portrait painter. A supporter of James Edward Stuart's claim to the English and Scottish thrones, Alexander spent much of his life overseas following the defeat of the Jacobite cause in 1745.
Nathaniel Morren (1798–1847) was a Scottish minister and author, known as a historian of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
Ian MacGillivray was a Scottish doctor who was a professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Aberdeen and president of the International Society for Twin Studies.
George Skene Keith was a Scottish minister and versatile writer.
Sir John Marnoch was a Scottish surgeon and British Army officer. He was Surgeon to the Royal Household in Scotland, Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Aberdeen, and President of the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society.
James Logan (1797–1872) was a Scottish author on Gaelic culture, best known for his 1831 book The Scottish Gael.
Paul Adrian Racey is the Regius Professor of Natural History emeritus at the University of Aberdeen. He retired 2009 to leave the chair unoccupied for five years when Christopher John Secombes succeeded him. He is a leading authority on bats. The species Pipistrellus raceyi was named after him.
Robert Mackenzie Daniel was a Scottish journalist and novelist.
Sir Alexander Robertson was a Scottish veterinarian and administrator.
Thomas Blackwell (1660–1728) was a Church of Scotland minister who was principal of Marischal College in Aberdeen from 1717 to 1728.