Past Heads of Department

R Hunt

1851-1854

G G Stokes
1854-1859

J Tyndall
1859-1868

F Guthrie
1868-1886

Sir Arthur Rücker
1886-1901

H L Callender
1901-1930

Sir George Thomson
1930-1952

P M S Blackett
1952-1963

C C Butler
1963-1971

P T Matthews
1971-1976

D J Bradley
1976-1980

I Butterworth
1980-1983

T W B Kibble
1983-1991

D M Blow
1991-1994

D J Southwood
1994-1997

B L Morgan
1997-1998

J B Pendry
1998-2001

P L Knight
2001-2005

D Bradley
2005-2008

J Haigh
2009-2014

J Nash
2014-2017