Zoological Society of London - Secretaries

Secretaries

This is a list of those who have held the post of Secretary of the Society. The post of secretary is honorary and under the society's constitution carries the responsibility for the day-to-day management of the affairs of the society.

• Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1826–1833)
• Edward Turner Bennett (1833–1836)
• William Yarrell (1836–1838)
• John Barlow (1838–1840)
• William Ogilby (1840–1847)
• David William Mitchell (1847–1859)
• Philip Lutley Sclater (1859–1902)
• William Lutley Sclater (1903)
• Peter Chalmers Mitchell (1903–1935)
• Julian Huxley (1935–1942)
• Sheffield Airey Neave (1942–1952)
• Viscount Chaplin (1952–1955)
• Solly Zuckerman (1955–1977)
• Ronald Henderson Hedley (1977–1980)
• Erasmus Darwin Barlow (1980–1982)
• John Guest Phillips (1982–1984)
• Richard M. Laws (1984–1988)
• Barry Albert Cross (1988–1992)
• R. McNeill Alexander (1992–1999)
• Paul H. Harvey (2000–present)