This is a list of vexillologists. {{expand list, date=January 2013 *

Grace Rogers Cooper Grace Rogers Cooper (November 22, 1924 – November 25, 2004) was a Smithsonian Institution curator, U.S. textile expert and vexillogist, known primarily for her seminal work ''Thirteen-Star Flags: Keys to Identification,'' published in 1973, which ...

(1924–2004), former curator of textiles,

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; former president (1983-1986) and first woman president of NAVA; Whitney Smith Fellow (NAVA)(for an outstanding contribution to North American vexillology); and author, among other publications, of ''Thirteen-Star Flags: Keys to Identification'' *

William Crampton William George (Bill) Crampton (5 May 1936 – 4 June 1997) was a British vexillologist. His chief legacy, the Flag Institute, has hundreds of members in the UK and overseas. He was recognised as Britain's foremost authority on flags by governme ...

(1936–1997), founder of the

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; recipient of FIAV's 1991 Vexillon; former secretary-general for congresses (1983–1989), President (1993–1997), Fellow, and Laureate of FIAV; and author of many editions of ''Flags of the World'' * Peter Edwards (1931–2019), founder and president of the ''Burgee Data Archives'' *

Andriy Grechylo Andrii Grechylo ( uk, Андрій Богданович Ґречило; Andriy Bohdanovych Grechylo / Hrechylo / Greczylo), is a Ukraine, Ukrainian historian, heraldry, heraldist and vexillology, vexillologist. During his career he has published s ...

, Ukrainian heraldist and vexillologist and Fellow of FIAV *

Ottfried Neubecker Ottfried Neubecker (22 March 1908 – 8 July 1992) was a German vexillologist and heraldist. Early life and education He was born 22 March 1908 in Kragujevac in Serbia, into the family of a university teacher. From 1925 he studied in Heidelbe ...

(1908–1992), German vexillologist; former president (1973–1981), secretary-general (1981–1983), Fellow, and Laureate of FIAV; and author in 1939 of the German navy ''Flaggenbuch'' *

William Gordon Perrin Lieutenant Colonel William Gordon Perrin, OBE (1874–1931) was an RAF and Navy officer, and the Admiralty librarian from 1908 to 1931. He is most well known for his works on flags; particularly ''British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Dev ...

(1874–1931), British RAF and naval officer, Librarian of the Admiralty, and author of ''British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea'', and of ''Nelson's Signals'' in which he established that the flags which had been accepted as denoting Nelson's historic signal at Trafalgar were incorrect. *

George H. Preble George Henry Preble (February 25, 1816 – March 1, 1885) was an American naval officer and writer, notable for his history of the flag of the United States and for taking the first photograph of the Fort McHenry flag that inspired the U.S. natio ...

(1816–1885), American naval admiral and author in 1872 of ''History of the American Flag'' *

Whitney Smith Whitney Smith Jr. (February 26, 1940 – November 17, 2016) was a professional vexillologist and scholar of flags. He originated the term ''vexillology'', which refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags. He was a founder of se ...

(1940–2016), founder of the Flag Research Center; editor of the ''Flag Bulletin''; co-founder, secretary-general (1969–1981, 1983–1991), secretary-general for Congresses (1981–1983); founder, former president (1967–1977), president emeritus, and honorary member of NAVA; FIAV Laureate and Fellow; recipient of FIAV's 2007 Vexillon; Whitney Smith Fellow (NAVA)(for an outstanding contribution to North American vexillology); recipient, NAVA's Captain William Driver Award (1983) for best paper delivered at an annual meeting; Fellow, Vexillological Association of the State of Texas; author, among other flag books, of ''Flags Through the Ages and Across the World'', ''The Flag Book of the United States'', and ''The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict''; and originator, in 1957, of the word ''vexillology'' to describe the scholarly study of flags. * Bishop D. Ralph Spence (1942-present), FRHSC is a Canadian retired Anglican bishop and vexillographer. They have designed the flags of a number of municipalities in Ontario, Canada - including

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, Burlington, St. Catherine's, & Thorold, ON. An avid flag collector, they have donated much of their 3000 item collection to museums and archives in Canada. *

Alfred Znamierowski Alfred Znamierowski (21 June 1940 – 23 October 2019) was a Polish vexillologist, heraldist, illustrator, and journalist. During his career he published several books and designed hundreds of coats of arms, flags, banners and seals for over 20 ...

(1940–2019), Polish-born founder of the Flag Design Center; recipient of FIAV's 2003 Vexillon; Fellow of FIAV; and author of ''The World Encyclopedia of Flags''

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