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PEBSONS IN OFFICE IN MAY, 1879. 



Years when 

 appointed to 

 present office. 



Principal Librarian and Secretary. Edward Augustus Bond, Esq. 1878. 



Superintendent of the Departments of Natural History. 



Richard Owen, Esq. ........ 1856. 



Keepers of Departments. 



Geology, George Robert Waterhouse, Esq. .... 1851. 



Mineralogy, M. H. Nevil Story-Maskelyne, Esq. . . . 1857. 



Oriental Antiquities, Dr. Samuel Birch 1861. 



Greek and Roman Antiquities, Charles Thomas Newton, Esq. 1861. 

 British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Augustus 



Wollaston Franks, Esq. . . . . . . 1866. 



Prints and Drawings, George William Reid, Esq. . . 1866. 

 Maps, Charts, Plans, and Topographical Drawings, Richard 



Henry Major, Esq 1867. 



Oriental Manuscripts, Dr. Charles Rieu . . . . 1867. 



Coins and Medals, Reginald Stuart Poole, Esq. . . . 1870. 



Botany, William Carruthers, Esq. . . . . . . 1871. 



Zoology, Dr. Albert Giinther . . . . . 1875. 



Printed Books, George Bullen, Esq. . , . . . 1875. 



Manuscripts, Edward Maunde Thompson, Esq. . . . 1878. 



Assistant Secretary. John T. Taylor, Esq. . . . . 1878. 



Assistant Keepers. 



Printed Books, George William Porter, Esq. . . . 1870. 



Printed Books, Eugene Armand Roy, Esq 1871. 



Coins and Medals, Barclay Vincent Head, Esq. . . . 1871. 



Printed Books, Richard Garnett, Esq 1875. 



Zoology, Arthur Gardiner Butler, Esq 1879. 



Manuscripts, Edward John Long Scott, Esq. . . . 1879. 



Superintendent of Beading Boom. Richard Garnett, Esq. . . lS7b 



Accountant. John Cleave, Esq 1865^ 



