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Neil Chalmers
Director of the Natural History Museum, Warden of Wadham College, Oxford

Neil Chalmers

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Director of the Natural History Museum, Warden of Wadham College, Oxford
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82 years
Education
Magdalen College
St John's College
King's College School
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Biography

Sir Neil Robert Chalmers (born 19 June 1942) is a British zoologist and academic. He is a former Director of the Natural History Museum in London, and former warden of Wadham College, Oxford.

Early life

Chalmers was educated at King's College School, Magdalen College, Oxford (BA), and St John's College, Cambridge (PhD).

Academic career

From 1966 to 1969, Chalmers lectured in zoology at Makarere University College, Kampala, Uganda, and was scientific director at the National Primate Reserve Centre, Nairobi, Kenya from 1969 until 1970. From 1970 until 1988 he worked for the Open University, first as a lecturer, later as dean of science. He was the Director of the Natural History Museum from 1988 until 2004. He became Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, in 2004. He retired in 2012.

Honours

He was appointed Knight Bachelor by HM The Queen in 2001.

Sources

  • Oxford Blueprint, 3:10, 15 May 2003.
  • University of Oxford Annual Review, 2003/04.
  • Natural History Museum Press Release, 9 January 2004.
Cultural offices
Preceded by
Dr. Ron Hedley

1976–1988

Director of the Natural History Museum
1988–2004
Succeeded by
Michael Dixon
Academic offices
Preceded by
John S. Flemming
Warden of Wadham College, Oxford
2004–2012
Succeeded by
Ken Macdonald
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