History of the Mars Section
On this page are some historical details of past Directors of the Section written by Richard McKim, and a short autobiography of the present Director. In compiling these notes I have concentrated upon bringing out less well-known facts about selected past Directors, rather than repeating what is already common knowledge. The Section was founded in 1892, and Walter Maunder was its first Director.
E.W. Maunder (1892 – 1893)
B.E. Cammell (1893 – 1895)
E.M. Antoniadi (1896 – 1917)
H.Thomson (1917 – 1922)
W.H. Steavenson (1922 – 1930)
B.M. Peek (1930 – 1931)
R.L. Waterfield (1931 – 1942)
P.M. Ryves (1942 – 1956)
E.H. Collinson (1956 – 1979)
R.M Baum (1979 – 1991)
R.J. McKim (Appointed 1991)
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