This is a list of Directors of the

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,10 ...

: *1759–1793

William Aiton William Aiton (17312 February 1793) was a Scottish botanist. Aiton was born near Hamilton. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to Philip Miller, then superinten ...

*1793–1841

William Townsend Aiton William Townsend Aiton FRHS FLS (2 February 1766 – 9 October 1849) was an English botanist. He was born at Kew on 2 February 1766, the eldest son of William Aiton. He brought out a second and enlarged edition of the '' Hortus Kewensis'' in 18 ...

*1841–1865 Sir William Jackson Hooker *1865–1885 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker *1885–1905 Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer *1905–1922 Sir David Prain *1922–1941 Sir Arthur William Hill *1941–1943 Sir Geoffrey Evans ''(acting)'' *1943–1956 Sir Edward Salisbury *1956–1971 Sir George Taylor *1971–1976

Jack Heslop-Harrison John Heslop-Harrison FRS FAAAS (10 February 1920 – 8 May 1998) was a British soldier and botanist. Early life and education He was born in Middlesbrough to John William Heslop-Harrison and his wife Christian Henderson, the last of three ...

*1976–1981 Professor John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan *1981–1988 Professor Arthur Bell *1988–1999 Sir Ghillean Prance *1999–2006 Professor Sir Peter Crane *2006–2012 Professor Stephen D. Hopper *2012–present

Richard Deverell Richard George Deverell (born 1965) became Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An ...

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