Regius Professor of Natural History (Aberdeen)

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.

NameTenure
Francis Skene11 January 1753 – 1775
George Skene1775–88
William Morgan10 May 1788 – 2 September 1788
James Beattie22 October 1788 – 5 October 1810
Rev Robert Rainy1811 – 10 April 1811
James (Jas) Davidson1 July 1811 – 19 February 1841
William MacGillivray17 May 1841 – 5 September 1852
James Nicol15 September 1853 – 15 September 1860
Name change to Natural History
James Nicol15 September 1860 – 1878
James Cossar Ewart1879-82
Henry Alleyne Nicholson1882–99
John Arthur Thomson1899–1930
James Ritchie1930–36
Lancelot Thomas Hogben1937–41
Alister Clavering Hardy1942–45
Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards1946–74
George Mackenzie Dunnet1974–92
Paul Adrian Racey1993–2009
Vacant2009–14
Christopher John Secombes2014 onwards
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