History

The Genetics Society was founded as the Genetical Society on 25th June 1919 by Miss Edith Rebecca Saunders, Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society and William Bateson FRS.

Past President Memoirs

Society Presidents

1919-1930	The Right Hon. The Earl of Balfour	FRS
1930-1932	Professor RC Punnett	FRS
1932-1936	Professor JBS Haldane	FRS
1936-1938	Miss Edith Rebecca Saunders	FRHS
1938-1940	Professor FAE Crew	FRS
1940-1943	Professor Sir Ronald Fisher	FRS
1943-1946	Professor CD Darlington	FRS
1946-1949	Professor EB Ford	FRS
1949-1952	Professor Sir Kenneth Mather	FRS
1952-1955	Professor SC Harland	FRS
1955-1958	Professor LS Penrose	FRS
1958-1961	Professor CH Waddington	FRS
1961-1964	Professor DG Catcheside	FRS
1964-1966	Professor G Pontecorvo	FRS
1966-1968	Professor Charlotte Auerbach	FRS
1968-1971	Professor Dan Lewis	FRS
1971-1973	Professor W Hayes	FRS
1973-1975	Professor R Riley	FRS
1975-1978	Professor JM Thoday	FRS
1978-1981	Professor JRS Fincham	FRS
1981-1984	Professor J Jinks	FRS
1984-1987	Professor Sir DA Hopwood	FRS
1987-1990	Professor NE Murray	FRS
1990-1994	Professor PM Nurse	FRS
1994-1997	Professor DJ Sherrat	FRS
1997-2000	Professor M Ashburner	FRS
2000-2003	Professor L Partridge	FRS
2003-2006	Professor J A Hodgkin	FRS
2006-2009	Professor B Charlesworth	FRS
2009-2012	Professor V van Heyningen	FRS
2012-2015	Professor ES Cohen	FRS
2015-2018	Professor Wendy Bickmore	FRS
2018-2021	Professor Laurence Hurst	FRS

Ambassadors

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Committee Members

The role of the Committee is defined in the Genetics Society Constitution.

Education

Genes are the working parts of DNA - the vast chemical database that forms the blueprint for humans, animals, plants,...

How we are run

Photograph: with kind permission, Becky Holland The Genetics Society is governed by a Constitution and adheres to a set of...