CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF OFFICERS, ASSISTANTS AND 

 OTHERS CONNECTED WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY 

 DEPARTMENTS. 



The initial prefixed to the name indicates in which division of the establishment 

 the individual served B, Q-, M and Z standing for the several departments, 

 O for the " Director's Office," and L for the " General Library." 



"ret" = retired. " f " is prefixed to the date of death. 



Solander, D. 



ASSISTANT KEEPEJ 



Bimius, H. [|1757] 



Hudson, W. [ret. 1758] 

 Planta, Rev. A. 3. 



[transf. to Printed 



Books, 1765] 



Solander, D. 



Justamond, J. O. [dis- 

 missed, 1778] 

 Maty, Rev. P. H. 



Gray, E. W. 



Woide, Rev. C. G. 



[transf. to Printed 



Books] 



Shaw, G. 



Empson,J.[fl765] 



Maty, Matt, 

 [transf. from 

 Printed Books] 



Solander, D. 

 [fl782] 



Maty, Rev. P. H. 

 [t!787] 



Gray,E.W.[tl806] 



PRINCIPAL 

 LIBRARIAN. 



Knight, G. 



[t!772] 



Maty, M. [f!776] 



Morton, C. 

 [f!799] 



Combe, T. [Keeper of 

 Antiq. in 1807] 



1807. Antiquities and Coins were formed into a separate Department. 

 Konig, C. | Shaw, G. [|1813] 



Leach, W.E. [ret. 1822] j Konig, C. [+18511 

 Samouelle, G. [? ret. 

 c. 1841] 



Children, J. G. [transf. 

 from Antiq. Dept., 

 1816-22] 



Planta, J. 



[f!827] 



Gray, J. E. 



(B) Bennett, J. J. 



(Z) Gray, G. R. 



(Z) White, A. [ret. 1863] 



(B) Brown, Robt. 

 [fl858] 



Ellis, H. 

 [ret. 1856] 



1835. The " Botanical Branch " was formed by the transfer of the custody of the 

 Sloane Herbarium and other botanical collections to the custody of the " Keeper of 

 Sir Joseph Banks' Botanical Collections." 



1837. The rest of the Department was sub-divided into the " Mineralo<ncal and 

 Geological Branch " and the " Zoological Branch." 



