Hope Professor of Zoology

The Hope Professor of Zoology (Entomology) is a professorship at Oxford University. The first Hope Professor was John Obadiah Westwood. The current holder is Geraldine Wright. The position is associated with a professorial fellowship at Jesus College.

List of holders


 * John Obadiah Westwood (1860–93)
 * Edward Bagnall Poulton (1893–1933)
 * Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1933–48)
 * George Copley Varley (1948–80)
 * David Spencer Smith (1980–95)
 * Vacant
 * Hugh Charles Jonathan Godfray (2006-2018)
 * Geraldine Wright (2021–present)