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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Entity titleDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyEntity identifier140Entity typeAgencyDate range1991 - 1997DescriptionThe department's first professor (and first Dean of the Faculty), Professor A. J. Marshall, took up his appointment in July 1960. In 1966 Professor Marshall accepted a personal research chair in zoology. In 1988 two new departments were created within the faculty, i.e.. Department of Botany and Zoology and the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, out of three previous departments - Botany, Genetics and Zoology. The department merged with the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology on 1 December 1997 to become the Department of Biological Sciences, and in 2001 the department became a School. Chairman/Head of Department Alan John Marshall (1961-1966) James Wolfe Warren (1967-1994) Margaret Clayton (1994-1997) [Head of Department of Biological Sciences 1997-2002] Gordon Sansan (2003-2008) John Beardall (2008- )

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Agency titleDepartment of Zoology and Comparative PhysiologyDate1961 - 1968

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Agency titleDepartment of ZoologyDate1968 - 1988

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Agency titleDepartment of Botany and ZoologyDate1989 - 1990

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Controlling agencyFaculty of ScienceSubsequent agencySchool of Biological SciencesRelated agencyDepartment of BotanyDepartment of Genetics and Developmental BiologyDepartment of BotanyRelated personMarshall, Alan John (Jock)

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