British Museum (Natural History) General Guide

PREFACE TO THE THIRTEENTH EDITION.

STAFF OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

Director
L. Fletcher, M.A., Hon. Ph.D. (Berlin), F.R.S.
Assistant Secretary
C. E. Fagan, I.S.O.
Assistant in Director’s Office
Basil H. Soulsby, B.A., F.S.A.
Clerks in Director’s Office
W. H. R. Holl;
W. J. Anderson.
Assistant in General Library
B. B. Woodward.

ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

Keeper
S. F. Harmer, Sc.D., F.R.S.
Assistant Keeper
W. R. Ogilvie-Grant.
Assistants
G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S.;
Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S.;
F. J. Bell, M.A.;
R. Kirkpatrick;
W. T. Calman, D.Sc.;
C. T. Regan, M.A.;
A. S. Hirst;
J. G. Dollman, B.A.;
W. P. Pycraft;
G. C. Robson, B.A.;
H. A. Baylis, B.A.

ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

Keeper
C. J. Gahan, M.A.
Assistants
Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart.;
E. E. Austen;
J. Hartley Durrant (Walsingham Collection);
G. J. Arrow;
G. Meade-Waldo, B.A.;
F. W. Edwards, B.A.;
K. G. Blair, B.Sc.;
N. D. Riley;
B. F. Cummings.

GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.

Keeper
A. S. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S.
Assistant Keeper
F. A. Bather, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.
Assistants
R. B. Newton;
C. W. Andrews, D.Sc., F.R.S.;
G. C. Crick;
W. D. Lang, B.A.;
W. N.Edwards, B.A.

MINERAL DEPARTMENT.

Keeper
G. T. Prior, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.
Assistants
L. J. Spencer, M.A.;
G. F. Herbert Smith, M.A., D.Sc.;
W. Campbell Smith, M.A.

BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT.

Keeper
A. B. Rendle, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.
Assistants
A. Gepp, M.A.;
E. G. Baker;
H. F. Wernham,B.Sc.;
J. Ramsbottom B.A.;
A. J.Wilmott, B.A.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.