Cavendish Professors of Physics
The Cavendish Professors were the Heads of the Department up to Professor Pippard, when the roles were made separate.
- James Clerk Maxwell 1871–1879
- Lord Rayleigh 1879–1884
- J. J. Thomson 1884–1919
- Ernest Rutherford 1919–1937
- William Lawrence Bragg 1938–1953
- Nevill Mott 1954–1971
- Brian Pippard 1971–1984
- Sam Edwards 1984–1995
- Richard Friend 1995–present
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