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Harvey, Paul H
Persoon · 1947-

Paul H Harvey is a British evolutionary biologist. He is Professor of Zoology and was Head of the Zoology Department at the University of Oxford from 1998 to 2011 and Secretary of the Zoological Society of London from 2000-2011, holding these posts in conjunction with a professional fellowship at Jesus College, Oxford.

He was educated at the University of York, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1992. He was awarded the Scientific Medal and the Frink Award from the Zoological Society of London, the J. Murray Luck Award from the National Academy of Sciences, and the University of Helsinki Medal. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2008.
Boxshall, Geoffrey Allan
Persoon · 1950-

Geoffrey Allan Boxshall is a British zoologist and Merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, working primarily on copepods.

Son of Jack Boxshall a Canadian bank manager and Sybil Boxshall (nee Baker), a civil servant in the procurement department of the Ministry of Defence. He was educated at Churcher's College, Petersfield 1961-1968. He earned a First Class BSc in Zoology in 1971, and a PhD in 1974 from the University of Leeds. In 1994 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1998 he was awarded the Crustacean Society's Award for Excellence in Research.

In 1974 he joined the Natural History Museum's Department of Zoology, and joined Life Sciences in 2014. He had been the Secretary of the Zoological Society of London since 2011 and was Vice-President of the Linnean Society Council from 2012-2013.
Raffles, Thomas Stamford Bingley, Sir
Raffles, Thomas Stamford Bingley, Sir
Persoon · 1781-1826

Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles was born in 1781 on board the ship Ann, off the coast of Port Morant, Jamaica, to Captain Benjamin Raffles and Anne Raffles (nee Lyde). Raffles was a British statesman, Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch East Indies (1811-1816), and Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen (1818-1824). He was the founder of modern Singapore and the Straits Settlements. Raffles was heavily involved in the capture of the Indonesian island of Java from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars. He wrote 'The History of Java'.

He was elected a member of the Linnaean Society on 5th February 1825. He was a founder and first president of the Zoological Society of London and the London Zoo.

Raffles died at Highwood House in Mill Hill, north London, on 5th July 1826, of apoplexy. He was survived by his second wife Sophia Hull and daughter Ella.
Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry
Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry
Persoon · 1780-1863

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784-1809. He was the son of Prime Minister William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (known as the Earl of Shelburne) by his second marriage to Lady Louisa, daughter of John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory. He was educated at Westminster School, the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a British Statesman and served as Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer and was three times Lord President of the Council.

He was President of the Zoological Society of London 1827-1831.
Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel
Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel
Persoon · 1819-1861

Prince Albert of Sax-Coburg and Gotha was the consort of Queen Victoria from their marriage on 10th February 1840 until his death in 1861. He was President of the Zoological Society of London 1851-1862.
Onslow, Richard William Alan
Onslow, Richard William Alan
Persoon · 1876-1945

Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow, styled Viscount Cranley until 1911, was a British peer, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister. He was President of the Zoological Society of London from 1936 to 1942.
Cavendish, Edward William Spencer
Cavendish, Edward William Spencer
Persoon · 1895-1950

Edward William Spencer Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire, known as the Marquess of Hartington from 1908 to 1938, was a British politician. He was head of the Devonshire branch of the House of Cavendish. He was President of the Zoological Society of London 1948-1950
Brooke, Alan Francis
Brooke, Alan Francis
Persoon · 1883-1963

Field Marshall Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke was a senior officer of the British Army. He was Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, during the Second World War, and was promoted to Field Marshall in 1944. As Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Brooke was the foremost military advisor to Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and had the role of co-ordinator of the British military efforts in the Allies' victory in 1945. After retiring from the British Army, he served as Lord High Constable of England during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

He was a noted ornithologist, especially in bird photography. He was President of the Zoological Society of London between 1950 and 1954, and Vice-President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds between 1949 and 1961.
Thomson, Arthur Landsborough, Sir
Thomson, Arthur Landsborough, Sir
Persoon · 1890-1977

Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson was a Scottish medical researcher, amateur ornithologist, ornithological author and expert on bird migration. He was President of the British Ornithologists' Union from 1848-1955. He was President of the Zoological Society of London 1946-1950. He was Chairman of the British Trust for Ornithology 1941-1947 and won the Trust's Bernard Tucker Medal in 1957. In 1959 he was awarded the Godman-Salvin Medal.