Hope Professor of Zoology

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The Hope Professor of Zoology (Entomology) is a professorship at Oxford University. The first Hope Professor was John Obadiah Westwood. The current holder is Geraldine Wright. The position is associated with a professorial fellowship at Jesus College.

List of holders[1] Name  | Start  | End  | Refs

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John Obadiah Westwood | 1860  | 1893  | [2]
Edward Bagnall Poulton | 1893  | 1933  |
Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter | 1933  | 1948  |
George Copley Varley | 1948  | 1980  |
David Spencer Smith | 1980  | 1995  |
vacant | 1995  | 2006  |
Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray | 2006  | 2018  |
vacant | 2018  | 2021  |
Geraldine Wright | 2021  | Incumbent  | [2]

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1. ^ Smith, Audrey Z (1986). A History of the Hope Entomological Collections in the University Museum Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
2. ^ a b "College announces new Hope Professor of Zoology – Jesus College". Jesus College Oxford. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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