Talk:List of keepers of the British Museum

Keepers of Manuscripts
The following appears to be a complete list of keepers of manuscripts of the British Library:

Keeper of Manuscripts (and Egerton Librarian from at least Bond's time)
 * 1756-1776: Charles Morton (Under-Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts and Medals)
 * 1776-1799: Joseph Planta, FRS
 * 1799-1811: Francis Douce, FSA
 * 1812-1827: Sir Henry Ellis, KH, FRS, FSA
 * 1828-1837: Josiah Forshall
 * 1837-1878: Sir Frederic Madden, KH
 * 1866-1878: Sir Edward Augustus Bond, KCB
 * 1878-1888: Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB, FBA
 * 1888-1904: Edward John Long Scott
 * 1904-1911: Sir George Frederic Warner, FBA, FSA
 * 1911-1929: Julius Parnell Gilson
 * 1929-1944: Sir Harold Idris Bell, CB, OBE, FBA
 * 1944-1947: Eric George Millar, FSA
 * 1947-1955: Arthur Jefferies Collins
 * 1956-1961: Bertram Schofield, CBE
 * 1961-1972: Theodore Cressy Skeat
 * 1972-1973: Daniel Philip Waley

Thereafter removed to the British Library:
 * 1973-1986: Daniel Philip Waley

This might be useful, but I'm not sure whether it should be here or in an article on the BL. —Noswall59 (talk) 14:38, 12 March 2021 (UTC).