Description

A lectureship in Botany was instituted in 1704. The Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany was founded in 1718. The new Chair of Botany was founded by King George III in 1818.

Summary

Botany (Regius Chair)
Award Type: Professorships
Year Founded: 1818
Record last updated: 12th Apr 2008

University Connections

Associated people

Post Holder:

• 2001 - Mike Blatt
• 1970 - Malcolm Wilkins
• 1968 - Sir John Burnett
• 1963 - Percy Brian
• 1930 - John Walton
• 1925 - James Drummond
• 1885 - Frederick Orpen Bower
• 1879 - Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour
• 1868 - Alexander Dickson
• 1846 - George Arnott
• 1841 - John Hutton Balfour
• 1820 - Sir William Jackson Hooker
• 1818 - Robert Graham