List of directors of the British Museum
The Director of the British Museum is the head of the British Museum in London, a post currently held by Neil MacGregor. He is responsible for that institution's general administration and reports its accounts to the British Government. The actual governance of the British Museum, however, is delegated to its Board of Trustees.[1]
At the Museum's inception its most senior member of staff was called 'Principal Librarian'. The job title became 'Director and Principal Librarian' in 1898, and 'Director' in 1973 (on the separation of the British Library from the Museum).
Principal Librarian of the British Museum (1756)
- 1756–1772 Gowin Knight
- 1772–1776 Matthew Maty
- 1776–1799 Charles Morton
- 1799–1827 Joseph Planta
- 1827–1856 Sir Henry Ellis
- 1856–1866 Anthony Panizzi
- 1866–1873 John Winter Jones
- 1873–1888 Sir Edward Augustus Bond, KCB
- 1888–1898 Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB
Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum (1898)
- 1898–1909 Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB
- 1909–1931 Sir Frederic George Kenyon, GBE, KCB, TD
- 1931–1936 Sir George Francis Hill, KCB
- 1936–1950 Sir John Forsdyke, KCB
- 1950–1959 Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick, KCB
- 1959–1969 Sir Frank Francis, KCB
- 1969–1974 John Wolfenden, CBE
Director of the British Museum (1973)
- 1974–1977 Sir John Pope-Hennessy, CBE
- 1977–1992 Sir David M. Wilson
- 1992–2002 Robert Anderson
- 2002–present Neil MacGregor, OM, AO
- Hartwig Fischer; director-designate
See also
References
- ↑ Principal Librarians and Directors of the British Museum, British Museum, London, UK.
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