Presidents 1853-present
The Society has had many illustrious individuals from photography as its President. The complete list of Presidents from its formation in 1853 is given below.
1853-1855
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Sir Charles Eastlake
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1855-1869
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Sir Frederick Pollock
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1869-1874
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James Glaisher
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1874-1875
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John Spiller
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1875-1892
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James Glaisher
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1892-1894
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Sir W de W Abney
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1894-1896
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Sir Henry Trueman Wood
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1896-1896
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Sir W de W Abney
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1897-1900
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The Earl of Crawford
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1900-1903
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Thomas R Dallmeyer
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1903-1905
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Sir W de W Abney
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1905-1907
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J Waterhouse
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1907-1910
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J C S Mummery
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1910-1912
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Lord Redesdale
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1912-1914
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Chapman Jones
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1914-1916
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J Furley Lewis
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1916-1918
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John H Gear
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1918-1920
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C Atkin Swan
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1920-1922
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G H Rodman
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1922-1923
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W L F Wastell
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1923-1925
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J Dudley Johnston
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1925-1927
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Thomas H B Scott
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1927-1929
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F F Renwick
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1929-1931
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J Dudley Johnston
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1931-1933
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Olaf F Bloch
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1933-1935
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A J Bull
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1935-1935
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Robert Chalmers
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1936-1938
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Douglas A Spencer
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1938-1940
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Edmund A Robins
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1940-1942
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F J Mortimer
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1942-1944
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D McMaster
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1944-1946
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Harry Baines
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1946-1948
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F J Tritton
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1948-1950
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Percy W Harris
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1950-1951
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L V Chilton
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1951-1953
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I D Wratten
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1953-1955
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Bertram Sinkinson
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1955-1956
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H Baines
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1956-1958
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A L M Sowerby
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1958-1960
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Professor Margaret F Harker
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1960-1962
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J E P Bardsley
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1962-1964
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Victor Gallafent
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1964-1966
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H D J Cole
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1966-1968
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G W G Maclennan
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1968-1970
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Tony Axford
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1970-1972
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Reggie Mason
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1972-1974
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Peter Wilkinson
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1974-1976
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Vernon G W Harrison
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1976-1978
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Derrick Knight
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1978-1980
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Sir George Pollock
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1980-1982
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Leslie Bowcock
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1982-1984
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Chris Roberts
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1984-1986
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Heather Angel
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1986-1988
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Arthur Downes
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1988-1990
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Brian Bower
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1990-1992
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Michael Austin
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1992-1994
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Edwin Appleton
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1994-1996
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Robert Moore
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1996-1998
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John Birkett
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1998-2001
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Professor Raymond Clark
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2001-2003
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John Page
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2003-2005
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Roger Reynolds
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2005-2007
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Professor Ralph Jacobson
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2007-2009
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Dr Barry Senior
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2009-2011
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Rosemary Wilman
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2011-2013
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Roy Robertson
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2013-2015
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Derek C Birch
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2015-2017
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Walter Benzie
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2017-
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Robert Albright
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