Chair of Biology (1887 - 1919)

In 1887, Walter Baldwin Spencer was appointed Professor of Biology, thus establishing the Chair of Biology. Previously biology was encompassed in the original chair of Natural History under Professor McCoy. The Chair of Biology was renamed Zoology in 1920.

Previous and Subsequent Entities

 1854 - 1899 Office of the Professor of Natural Science
       1887 - 1919 Chair of Biology
             1906 - 1973 Chair of Botany and Plant Physiology
             1920 - Chair of Zoology
                   1974 - Chair of Botany (1974)

Professors

• Spencer, Walter Baldwin (1860 - 1929)

  First Professor

  [1887 - 1919]