Sir David Henry Follett FMA (1907 – 1982) was a Director of the Science Museum

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, London

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 from 1960 to 1973.

David Follett attended Rutlish Grammar School (1919–26). He then studied physics

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 in the Clarendon Laboratory

Clarendon Laboratory

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 at Oxford University as a student at Brasenose College

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Follett joined the Science Museum in 1937 as an Assistant Keeper, when Colonel E. E. B. Mackintosh

E. E. B. Mackintosh

Colonel Ernest Elliot Buckland Mackintosh DSO was a Director and Secretary of the Science Museum in London, England.Mackintosh was appointed Director and Secretary of the Science Museum in succession to Sir Henry Lyons, who retired in October 1933....

 was the Director. He was later Director of the museum from 1960–73.
Follett was also an author and a Fellow of the Museums Association

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Follett was knight

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ed for his contribution to the museum world. He was married to Lady Follett, who died in 1996.

Books

• Follett, David, The Rise of the Science Museum under Henry Lyons
  Henry George Lyons
  Colonel Sir Henry George Lyons FRS was a geologist and director of the Science Museum in London.Henry Lyons was born in London, the son of General T.C. Lyons, CB....
  
  . London: Science Museum, 1978. ISBN 0-901805-19-X.