The following is a list of those who have held the office of President of the society since its inception in 1858. Biographies of some of the past presidents can be viewed by clicking on the names. Some of these biographies are on the University of Glasgow Story website; others are taken from obituaries in Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow or Proceedings of the Geological Society or articles in History of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 1858-1908. For articles stored on this website, the source is generally given at the end of the article.
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Year of Election
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Session
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President
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1858
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1
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1860
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3
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1864
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7
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1867
|
10
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1872
|
15
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1893
|
36
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1899
|
42
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1902
|
45
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1905
|
48
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1908
|
51
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1911
|
54
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1914
|
57
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1917
|
60
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1920
|
63
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1923
|
66
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1926
|
69
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1929
|
72
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1932
|
75
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1935
|
78
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1938
|
81
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1941
|
84
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1944
|
87
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1947
|
90
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1949
|
92
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1952
|
95
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1955
|
98
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1958
|
101
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1961
|
104
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1964
|
107
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1967
|
110
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1970
|
113
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1973
|
116
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1976
|
119
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1979
|
122
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1982
|
125
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W. Edward Tremlett PhD
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1985
|
128
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1988
|
131
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1991
|
134
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Allan J. Hall PhD
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1994
|
137
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1997
|
140
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Janey E. MacDougall BSc
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2000
|
143
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Colin J. R. Braithwaite PhD
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2003
|
146
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2006
|
149
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Alan W. Owen PhD
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|
2009
|
152
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Margaret Donnelly BSc
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|
2012
|
155
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Brian Bell PhD
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| 2015 | 158 | James Morrison PhD |
| 2018 | 161 | Neil Clark PhD |