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OFFICERS. 



L— SUCCESSION. 



Principal Librarians. 



1756 Gowin Knight, M.D. 

 1772 Matthew Maty, M.D. . . . . v. Gowin Knight, deceased. 

 1776 Charles Morton, M.D. . . . v. Matthew Maty, deceased. 

 1799 Joseph Planta, Esq., F.R.S. . . . v. Charles Morton, deceased. 



1827 Henry Ellis, Esq., F.R.S. (Sir Henry 



Ellis, K.H.) . . . . . v. Joseph Planta, deceased. 

 1856 Antonio Panizzi, Esq. (Sir Anthony 



Panizzi, K.C.B.) . . . .v. Henry Ellis, retired. 

 1866 John Winter Jones, Esq. . . . v. Antonio Panizzi, retired. 

 1878 Edward Augustus Bond, Esq., C.B.jLL.D. v. John Winter Jones, re- 

 tired. 



Secretaries. 

 1787 Edward Whitaker Gray, M.D. 



1806 Edward Bray, Esq. . . . . v. E. W. Gray, resigned. 

 1 8 14 Henry Ellis, Esq. . . . . v. E. Bray, deceased. 



1828 Rev. Josiah Forshall .... v. . H. Ellis, promoted. 

 1849 The duties of this office were united with those of Principal Librarian. 



Superintendent and Director of the Departments of Natural 



History. 



1856 Richard Owen, Esq. (Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B.) {Superintendent.) 

 1884 William Henry Flower, Esq. {Director.) 



Keepers of Departments. 



1756 Charles Morton, M.D. . . . Manuscript Department. 



James Empson, Esq. .... Natural History Department. 



