List of vice-chancellors of the University of London
The office of Vice-Chancellor of the University of London was created by the
vice-chancellorship at the university has varied over the years in light of the successive changes to the constitution of the University of London
, and has been greatly influenced by its federal nature. The following is a list of people who have been vice-chancellor of the University of London.
Vice-chancellors
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- 1836–1842 Sir John William Lubbock
- 1842–1862 Sir John Shaw Lefevre
- 1862–1871 George Grote
- 1872–1880 Sir John Lubbock (Later Lord Avebury, son of the 1st Vice Chancellor)
- 1881–1883 Sir George Jessel
- 1883–1895 Sir James Paget
- 1895–1896 Sir Julian Goldsmid
- 1896–1902 Sir Henry Roscoe
- 1902–1903 Archibald Robertson
- 1903–1905 Philip Henry Pye-Smith
- 1905–1907 Sir Edward Henry Busk
- 1907–1909 Sir William Collins
- 1909–1911 Micaiah John Muller Hill
- 1911–1912 Sir William Collins
- 1912–1915 Sir Wilmot Herringham
- 1916–1917 Sir Alfred Pearce Gould
- 1917–1919 Sir (Edwin) Cooper Perry
- 1919–1922 Sir Sydney Russell-Wells
- 1922–1924 Sir Holburt Jacob Waring
- 1924–1926 Ernest Arthur Gardner
- 1926–1928 William Beveridge, Baron Beveridge
- 1928–1930 Sir Gregory Foster
- 1930–1932 J. Scott Lidgett
- 1932–1933 John Leigh Smeathman Hatton
- 1933–1935 Louis Napoleon George Filon
- 1935–1937 Sir Herbert Lightfoot Eason
- 1937–1939 Sir Robert Howson Pickard
- 1939–1945 Frank Horton
- 1945–1948 Sir David Hughes Parry
- 1948–1951 Dame Lillian Penson
- 1951–1953 Hugh Hale Bellot
- 1953–1954 Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Maxwell Hill
- 1955–1958 Sir John Francis Lockwood
- 1958–1961 Sir Charles Felix Harris
- 1961–1964 Sir Peter Scott Noble
- 1964–1967 Sir Thomas Percival Creed
- 1967–1969 Sir Owen Saunders
- 1969–1972 Sir Brian Windeyer
- 1972–1976 Sir Cyril Philips
- 1976–1978 Sir Frank Hartley
- 1978–1981 Noel Annan, Baron Annan
- 1981–1985 Sir Randolph Quirk
- 1985–1990 Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers
- 1990–1994 Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood
- 1994–1997 Andrew Rutherford
- 1997–2003 Graham J Zellick
- 2003–2010 Sir Graeme Davies
- 2010–2012 Geoffrey Crossick
- 2012–2018 Prof Sir Adrian Smith
- 2018–2019 Peter Kopelman (Interim/Acting)[1][2][3]
- 2019– Wendy Thomson[4]
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References
- ^ "University of London appoints interim Vice-Chancellor". University of London. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Mayor gathers London's world-leading universities for Brexit talks". London.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Professor Peter Kopelman MD DSc(hon) FRCP FFPH FFacMEd(hon)". gov.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Vice-Chancellor". University of London. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
- Negley Harte, The University of London, 1836–1986: An illustrated history (London and Atlantic Highlands, NJ: The Athlone Press, 1986)
- University of London, The historical record (1836–1912) being a supplement to the Calendar completed to September 1912 (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912)
