Editors & Eras
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Lockyer and controversy
Publisher Alexander Macmillan chose Norman Lockyer as Nature's founding Editor in 1869. It was an inspired choice, but Lockyer's powerful personality courted controversy in the fledgling magazine. Ruth Barton investigates.
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Nature and Hitler
Nature under the editorship of Sir Richard Gregory (1919–39) was banned in Nazi Germany. Uwe Hossfeld and Lennart Olsson explore the clash between science and national socialism.
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Mankind's place in Nature
The co-editorship of A. J. V. Gale and L. J. F. Brimble (1939-61) oversaw milestone publications on human origins. Bill Bynum unearths a treasure trove of palaeoanthropology in post-war Nature.
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Nature — the Maddox years
When John Maddox took over the reins of Nature's editorship in 1966, the journal was in urgent need of reform. Walter Gratzer reflects on how Maddox and his successor (and predecessor) David Davies steered the magazine into its modern format.
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Nature during the cold war
The editorship of David Davies (1973–1980) saw global nuclear arsenals grow and India join the nuclear club. Frank Barnaby examines how Davies addressed the cold war arms race in Nature.
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History and Nature's authors
During the editorship of Philip Campbell (1995 onwards), the single author has all but disappeared. As the average number of contributors to individual papers continues to rise, Mott Greene investigates whether the present system is likely to last.
