List of directors of the British Geological Survey

This is a list of Directors of the British Geological Survey, or its equivalent, since foundation:

Geological Survey of Great Britain, 1835–1965

• 1835–1855 Henry De la Beche
• 1855–1871 Roderick Murchison
• 1871–1881 Andrew Ramsay
• 1882–1901 Archibald Geikie
• 1901–1914 Jethro Teall
• 1914–1920 Aubrey Strahan
• 1920–1935 John Flett
• 1935–1936 Bernard Smith
• 1937–1945 Edward Battersby Bailey
• 1945–1950 William McLintock
• 1950–1960 William Pugh
• 1960–1965 James Stubblefield

Institute of Geological Sciences, 1965–1984

• 1965–1966 James Stubblefield
• 1967–1975 Kingsley Dunham
• 1976–1979 Austin Woodland
• 1979–1984 Malcolm Brown

British Geological Survey, 1984-present

• 1984–1985 Malcolm Brown
• 1985–1987 Innes Lumsden
• 1987–1990 Geoffrey Larminie
• 1990-1998 Peter J. Cook
• 1998–2006 David Falvey
• 2006–2019 John Ludden
• 2019–present Karen Hanghøj