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List of keepers and curators of the Yorkshire Museum

The keepers, curators, and honorary curators of the Yorkshire Museum are responsible for curation of the museum's collection.

History of the role

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The keepers are professional curators and related academics. When the museum was founded there was one Keeper of the museum supported by the Sub-Curator and various Honorary Curators.[1] The last Keeper of the Museum was George Willmot in 1970, after which time each department in the museum had its own keeper and the museum was run by one curator. Since the founding of York Museums Trust in 2002, each department has been led by a curator and there is no longer a role of keeper.

Keepers and Curators of the Yorkshire Museum
Name Title Dates in Post Image References
John Phillips Keeper of the museum 1826–1844   [2]
Henry Baines Sub-Curator 1829–1870   [3]
William Hincks Curator of Botany 1827–1838   [1]
Charles Wellbeloved Honorary Curator of Antiquities 1823–1858  
Thomas Allis Honorary Curator of Ornithology
Honorary Curator of Comparative Anatomy 		1835–1839
1839–1875 		  [1]
Edward Charlesworth Keeper of the museum 1844–1858 [1]
William Hey Honorary Curator of Insects and Crustacea 1850-1882
John Kenrick Honorary Curator of Library and Manuscripts
Honorary Curator of Antiquities 		1850-1856
1856-1878 		  [4]
William Dallas Keeper of the museum 1858–1868 [1]
Charles Wakefield Keeper of the museum, Honorary Curator of Numismatics 1870–1878
Rev Canon James Raine Honorary Curator of Antiquities 1873–1896  
Wilfred Hudleston Hudleston Honorary Curator of Mineralogy 1877-1907   [5]
John-Clay Purves Keeper of the museum 1878–1880 [1]
Walter Keeping Keeper of the museum 1880–1883
Henry Maurice Platnauer Keeper of the museum 1883–1904 [1]
Oxley Grabham Keeper of the museum 1904–1919  
George Benson Honorary Curator of Archaeology
Honorary Curator of Numismatics 		1918-1924 [6]
Thomas Boynton Honorary Curator of Antiquities d.1919
Walter Harvey Brook Honorary Curator of Medieval Architecture Early 20th Century
William Herbert St Quintin Honorary Curator of Zoology 1922–1931
Walter Edward Collinge Keeper of the museum 1921–1940
Reginald Wagstaffe Keeper of the museum 1940–1950 [7]
Mary Kitson Clark Honorary Curator of Roman Antiquities 1941–1943
Walter Douglas Hincks Honorary Curator of Entomology (excluding lepidoptera) 1942–1947 [8][7]
George Willmot Keeper of the museum 1950–1970   [9]
Colin Simms Keeper of Biology 1964–1982 [1]
Barbara Pyrah Keeper of Geology 1968–1988 [10]
Allen Butterworth Keeper 1970–1974 [11]
Elizabeth Hartley Keeper of Archaeology 1971–2007  
Michael Clegg Curator 1974–1982 [12]
Paul Howard Keeper of Biology 1980s–1990s
Terence Suthers Curator, Director[13] 1983–1987
Janetta Lambert Keeper of Biology c.1984
Melinda Mays Numismatist 1984–?
Brian Hayton Curator (latterly County Museums Officer) 1987–?
Martin Lunn Honorary Curator of Astronomy
Assistant Curator of Astronomy and Scientific Instruments (after 2002) 		1989-2011 [14]
Paul Ensom Keeper of Geology 1989-1997
Andrew Morrison Curator of Archaeology
Head of Collections 		2006–2014
Camilla Nichol Curator of Geology Around 2007
Isla Gladstone Curator of Natural Sciences 2009–2013
Natalie Buy Curator of Archaeology 2014–2017
Andrew Woods Curator of Numismatics
Senior Curator 		2013–2017 (as Curator of Numismatics)
2017–present (as Senior Curator)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Pyrah, B. J. (1988). The history of the Yorkshire Museum and its geological collections. North Yorkshire County Council. ISBN 1850720428.
  2. ^ Feinsten, C. H., ed. (1981). York 1831–1981:150 Years of Scientific Endeavour and Social Change. Ebor Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-900657-56-1.
  3. ^ Wilkinson, Henry J. (1907). Historical account of the herbarium of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, part 1.
  4. ^ Report of the Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for 1858 (Report). 1859. pp. 16–17.
  5. ^ Annual Report of the Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (Report). Yorkshire Philosophical Society. 1910. p. 6.
  6. ^ Annual Report of the Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society (Report). Yorkshire Philosophical Society. 1936. p. 10.
  7. ^ a b Denton, M. (1993). Ground Beetles in the Yorkshire Museum. North Yorkshire County Council. pp. 5–8.
  8. ^ Annual report of the Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for 1942 (Report). Yorkshire Philosophical Society. 1943. p. 3.
  9. ^ Ramm, H.G. (1978). "Obituary – George Francis Willmot". Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Annual Report for the Year 1977: 5.
  10. ^ Howard, P. (1989). "The Yorkshire Museum, 1988: Geology". Yorkshire Philosophical Society Annual Report for the year 1988. p. 40.
  11. ^ Malden, J. (1975). "Obituary: Allen Butterworth, BA, AMA". Yorkshire Philosophical Society Annual Report for the year 1974. p. 5.
  12. ^ Moore, P. G. (2015). "Michael Clegg DSc (hon)., FMA, MBOU (1933–1995): a biography and bibliography" (PDF). Journal of Natural History of the North of England. 140. The Naturalist.
  13. ^ "Terence Suthers MBE". York Civic Trust. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  14. ^ Annual Report for the year 1989 (Report). Yorkshire Philosophical Society. 1990. p. 31.
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