John Poynton

Vice President

Prof. John C. Poynton, MSc, PhD, OMS, is Professor Emeritus of biology at the University of Natal, South Africa, a research associate of the Natural History Museum, London, and a scientific fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Prof. Poynton's main research has been in African zoology and biogeography; he has also published in the philosophy of science and in psychical research. He served on the council of the South African Society for Psychical Research, and subsequently on the council of the Society for Psychical Research in London, where he was the Hon. Secretary from 1997 to his election as President in 2004. He stood down after three years, and was elected President for a second term from 2015 to 2018.

Committees:

Editorial Board

Provides academic editorial advice for the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research

Chairman:  Prof. Adrian Parker

Members: Prof. Stephen Braude, Dr Richard BroughtonProf. Bernard CarrProf. Deborah DelanoyDr Alan Gauld, James Houran, Dr Harvey Irwin, Prof. John PoyntonProf. Chris RoeAdrian Ryan, Dr Stefan Schmidt, Dr Paul Stevens, Dr David Vernon, Prof. Caroline Watt, Prof. Robin Wooffitt.

Library Committee

Acquires new titles for the SPR library

Chairman: Dr Tom Ruffles

Members: Dr Graham KiddRobert McLuhan, Nemo Mörck, Dr John Newton, Karen Patel, Prof. John Poynton, Dr Melvyn Willin