Geoffrey Herford

Geoffrey Vernon Brooke Herford CBE (18 November 1905 – 2 February 2000) was a British research entomologist and civil servant.

He worked mainly in the area of insect damage to food supplies. As a result of the Second World War, he became the first director of the new government Pest Infestation Laboratory, and his work continued to be focussed on the control of insects that eat stored food.