Trustees and key post holders | British Arachnological Society

Francis spent his working life in Somerset where he was employed by the Environment Agency and its predecessors working in fisheries, conservation and recreation. He is an amateur arachnologist who has been a BAS member since 1969 when he was a teenager. He has served on Council since 1984 when he was elected as an ordinary member. From 1987 until 1997 he was the Meetings Secretary (formerly Asst. Sec.). He served as an ordinary member from 1997-2000 and from 2004-2007. Since 2008 he has been the Society's Sales Manager. Since the launch of the Spider Recording Scheme in 1987 he has been the Area Organiser for Somerset. In Her Majesty the Queen's 90th birthday honours he was awarded the BEM for public and voluntary services to the natural environment in Somerset.

Gerald Legg Pseudoscorpion Scheme national organiser

Gerald Legg is a retired museum keeper, lecturer, author and consultant who has studied the British pseudoscorpion fauna for around 50 years as well as West African ricinulei, describing species new to science. In the 1970s he served as a member of Council representing the pseudoscorpions. He is the author of the Linnean Society Monograph on Pseudoscorpions illustrated by Richard Jones, and the joint author of the Field Studies Council's Illustrated key to the British False Scorpions. Since 2016 he has been an Honorary member of the Society.

Richard Gallon Spider Recording Scheme National Organiser

Richard works as a species specialist at a Local Environmental Records Centre in Wales. He is an active contributor to the Spider Recording Scheme, with a particular interest in montane and wetland spiders, and also undertakes taxonomic research on African theraphosids. He became a Council member in 2002, Editor of the BAS Newsletter in 2004 and National Organiser for the Spider Recording Scheme in 2021.

	Francis Farr-Cox Sales Manager	Francis spent his working life in Somerset where he was employed by the Environment Agency and its predecessors working in fisheries, conservation and recreation. He is an amateur arachnologist who has been a BAS member since 1969 when he was a teenager. He has served on Council since 1984 when he was elected as an ordinary member. From 1987 until 1997 he was the Meetings Secretary (formerly Asst. Sec.). He served as an ordinary member from 1997-2000 and from 2004-2007. Since 2008 he has been the Society's Sales Manager. Since the launch of the Spider Recording Scheme in 1987 he has been the Area Organiser for Somerset. In Her Majesty the Queen's 90th birthday honours he was awarded the BEM for public and voluntary services to the natural environment in Somerset.
	Gerald Legg Pseudoscorpion Scheme national organiser	Gerald Legg is a retired museum keeper, lecturer, author and consultant who has studied the British pseudoscorpion fauna for around 50 years as well as West African ricinulei, describing species new to science. In the 1970s he served as a member of Council representing the pseudoscorpions. He is the author of the Linnean Society Monograph on Pseudoscorpions illustrated by Richard Jones, and the joint author of the Field Studies Council's Illustrated key to the British False Scorpions. Since 2016 he has been an Honorary member of the Society.
	Richard Gallon Spider Recording Scheme National Organiser	Richard works as a species specialist at a Local Environmental Records Centre in Wales. He is an active contributor to the Spider Recording Scheme, with a particular interest in montane and wetland spiders, and also undertakes taxonomic research on African theraphosids. He became a Council member in 2002, Editor of the BAS Newsletter in 2004 and National Organiser for the Spider Recording Scheme in 2021.