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^[1][2]
• 1855–1871 Roderick Murchison^[1]
• 1871–1881 Andrew Ramsay^[1]
• 1882–1901 Archibald Geikie^[1]
• 1901–1914 Jethro Teall^[1]
• 1914–1920 Aubrey Strahan^[1]
• 1920–1935 John Flett^[1]
• 1935–1936 Bernard Smith^[3][4]
• 1937–1945 Edward Battersby Bailey^[5]
• 1945–1950 William McLintock^[6]
• 1950–1960 William Pugh^[7]
• 1960–1965 James Stubblefield^[8]

Institute of Geological Sciences, 1965–1984

• 1965–1966 James Stubblefield
• 1967–1975 Kingsley Dunham^[9]
• 1976–1979 Austin Woodland^[10]
• 1979–1984 Malcolm Brown^[11]

British Geological Survey, 1984-present

• 1984–1985 Malcolm Brown
• 1985–1987 George Lumsden^[12][13]
• 1987–1990 Geoffrey Larminie^[14][15]
• 1998–2006 David Falvey^[16]
• 2006–2019 John Ludden^[17]
• 2019–present Karen Hanghøj^[18]

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