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List of the Present Ordinary Members ( 798 ) LIST OF THE PRESENT ORDINARY MEMBERS, Corrected up to January 15, 1873. IN THE OEDEE OF THEIE ELECTION. PRESIDENT. SIR EOBEET CHEISTISON, BART. HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENT, HAVING PILLED THE OFFICE OF PEESIDENT. His GRACE THE DUKE OF AEGYLL, KT. Date of Election. 1820 William Macdonald, M.D., F.E.C.P.E., Professor of Natural History, St Andrews. 1822 Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Bart., Wallington, Northumberland. 1823 Captain Thomas David Stuart, of the Hon. East India Company's Service. * Warren Hastings Anderson, Esq. Liscombe John Curtis, Esq., Ingsdon-House, Devonshire. Sir Eobert Christison, Bartv M.D., Professor of Materia Medica. 1824 Eobert E. Grant, M.D., Professor of Comparative Anatomy, University College, London. 1828 John Forster, Esq., Architect, Liverpool. David Milne Home, LL.D., Advocate, of Milne-Graden and Wedderburn. 1829 A. Colyar, Esq. Eight Hon. Sir William Gibson-Craig, Bart, of Riccarton. Eight Hon. Lord Colonsay. Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair, Kensington. James Walker, Esq., W.S. 1830 J. T. Gibson-Craig, Esq., W.S. 1832 Montgomery Eobertson, M.D. 1833 Admiral Sir Alexander Milne, E.]SL, G.C.B. His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., Dalkeith Palace. Alexander Hamilton, LL.B., W.S. 1834 Mungo Ponton, Esq., W.S., Clifton, Bristol. Isaac Wilson, M.D., F.E.S., Lond. William Sharpey, M.D., LL.D., F.B.S., Professor of Anatomy, University College, London. 1835 John Hutton Balfour, A.M., M.D., F.E.S., Professor of Medicine and Botany. William Brown, Esq., F.E.C.S.E. 1836 David Ehind, Esq., Architect. LIST OF ORDINARY MEMBERS. 799 Date of Election. 1837 John Scott Russell, AM., London. Richard Parnell, M.D. Peter D. Handyside, M.D., F.R.C.S.E. 1839 David Smith, Esq., W.S. Rev. Philip Kelland, A.M., F.R.S., Professor of Mathematics. Francis Brown Douglas, Esq., Advocate. 1840 Alan A. Maconochie Wellwood, Esq., of Meadowbank and Pitliver. Martyn J. Roberts, Esq., Crickhowell, South Wales. Sir John M'tfeil, G.C.B., LL.D. Edward J. Jackson, Esq. James Mackenzie, Esq. 1841 John Miller, Esq., of Leithen. James Dalmahoy, Esq. 1842 James Thomson, Esq., Civil Engineer, London. 1843 A. D. Maclagan, M.D., Professor of Medical Jurisprudence. Sir John Rose Cormack, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., 7 Rue d'Aguesseau, Paris. Allen Thomson, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Anatomy, Glasgow. Joseph Mitchell, Esq., Civil Engineer, Viewhill, Inverness. Andrew Coventry, Esq., Advocate, John Hughes Bennett, M.D., Professor of Physiology. D. Balfour, Esq., of Trenaby. Henry Stephens, Esq. 1844 Archibald Campbell Swinton, Esq., of Kimmerghame. David Stevenson, Esq., Civil Engineer. Thomas R. Colledge, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. 1845 Thomas Anderson, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow. 1846 A. Taylor, M.D., Pau. Alexander J. Adie, Esq., Civil Engineer. L. D. B. Gordon, Esq., C.E., London. L. Schmitz, LL.D., Ph.D., International Institution, London. Charles Piazzi Smyth, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Practical Astronomy. 1847 Sir William Thomson, M.A. Camb., LL.D,, F.R.S., Professor of Natural Philosophy, Glasgmo. John Hill Burton, LL.D., Advocate. James Uicol, Esq., Professor of Natural History, Aberdeen. William Macdonald Macdonald, Esq., of St Martins. John Wilson, Esq., Professor of Agriculture. 1848 Thomas Stevenson, Esq., C.E. James Allan, M.D., Inspector of Hospitals, Portsmouth. Henry Davidson, Esq. William Swan, Esq., Professor of Natural Philosophy, St Andrews. Patrick James Stirling, LL.D. 1849 Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, Bart., of Keir and Pollok. 1849 William Thomas Thomson, Esq. W. H. Lowe, M.D., F.R.C.P.E., Balgreen. 800 LIST OF ORDINARY MEMBERS. Date of Election. 1849 Honourable Bouverie F. Primrose. David Anderson, Esq., of Moredun. W. R. Pirrie, M.D., Professor of Surgery, Aberdeen. His Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.T., Inverary Castle. The Most ISToble the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T., Tester House. Edward Sang, Esq. 1850 James Stark, M.D., F.E.C.P.E. (Ee-admitted.) Lieutenant-Colonel W. Drisooll Gosset, E,E. Hugh Blackburn, Esq., Professor of Mathematics, Glasgow. James Scarth Combe, M.D., E.E.C.S.E. 1851 Sir David Dundas, Bart., of Dunira. E. W. Dallas, Esq. Rev. James Grant, D.D., D.C.L., one of the Ministers of Edinburgh. 1852 Eyre B. Powell, Esq., Madras. Thomas Miller, A.M., LL.D., Rector, Perth Academy. James Cunningham, Esq., W.S. Alexander James Eussell, Esq., C.S. Andrew Fleming, M.D., Bengal. 1853 James Watson, M.D., Bath. Lieutenant-Colonel Eobert Maclagan, Bengal Engineers. Rev. John dimming, D.D., London. Hugh Scott, Esq., of Gala. Graeme Reid Mercer., Esq. 1854 Eobert Harkness, Esq., Professor of Mineralogy and Geology, Queen's College, Co-rk. Sir James Coxe, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. Ernest Bonar, Esq. 1855 Stevenson Macadam, Ph.D. Robert Etheridge, Esq.. Clifton, Bristol. Eight Honourable John Inglis, D.C.L., LL.D., Lord Justice-General. Wyville T. C. Thomson, LL.D., Professor of Natural History. Thomas Wright, M.D., Cheltenham. James Hay, Esq. R. M. Smith, Esq. 1856 David Bryce, Esq. William Mitchell Ellis. Esq. George J. Allman, M.D., F.R.S., Emeritus Professor of Natural History. Honourable Lord ISTeaves, LL.D. Thomas Laycock, M.D., Professor of the Practice of Medicine. Thomas Cleghorn, Esq., Advocate, Sheriff of Aryyleshire. James Clerk Maxwell, Esq., F.E.S., Professor of Experimental Physics, Cambridge. 1857 John Ivor Murray, M.D., F.R.C.S.E. John Blackwood, Esq. W. M. Buchanan, M.D. Thomas Login, Esq., C.E. LIST OF ORDINARY MEMBERS. 801 Date of Election. 1857 Edmund C. Batten, M.A., Lincoln's Inn, London. 1858 Thomas Williamson, M.D., F.E.C.S.E., Leith. Robert B. Malcolm, M.D., E.E.C.P.E. Frederick Field, Esq., Chili. James Leslie, Esq., C.E. Cosmo Innes, Esq., Professor of History. Alexander Campbell Fraser, M.A., Professor of Logic. Rev. William Stevenson, D.D. 1859 William F. Skene, LL.D. G. W. Hay, Esq., of Whiterigg. Joseph Fayrer, M.D., F.E.C.S.E., Professor of Surgery, Calcutta. George Robertson, Esq., C.E. Lyon Playfair, C.B., Ph.D., F.R.S., M.P., 4 Queensberry Place, South Kensington, London, W. John Brown, M.D., F.E.C.P.E. Rev. John Duns, D.D. Lieutenant John Hills, Bombay Engineers. Major James George Forlong. 1860 William Robertson, M.D., F.E.C.P.E. Frederick Guthrie, M.D., Professor of Physics, School of Mines, London. George A. Jamieson, Esq. Patrick Dudgeon, Esq., of Cargen. William Chambers, Esq., of Glenormiston. 1861 Rev. Thomas Brown. James M'Bain, M.D., E.N. Peter Guthrie Tait, A.M., Professor of Natural Philosophy. John Muir, D.C.L., LL.D. William Turner, M.B., Professor of Anatomy. William Lauder Lindsay, M.D. James Lorimer, A.M., Professor of Public Law. Archibald Geikie, Esq., F.E.S., Director of the Geological Survey, Scotland. George Berry, Esq. James Young, Esq. 1862 Rev. William G. Blaikie, D.D. Edmund Ronalds, Ph.D. Thomas C. Archer, Esq., Director of Museum of Science and Art. James Hector, M.D., Wellington, New Zealand. Rev. Robert Boog Watson, Madeira. 1863 H. F. C. Cleghorn, M.D., Stravtthy, St Andrews. John Stuart Blackie, Esq., Professor of Greek. Edward Meldrum, Esq. 1863 Charles Lawson, Esq., of BorthwicJc Hall. Alexander Peddie, M.D., F.E.C.P.E. William Jameson, Esq., Surgeon-Major, Saharunpore. Murray Thomson, M.D., RoorMe, India. VOL. XXVI. PART IV. 9 Z 802 LIST OF ORDINARY MEMBERS. Date of Election. 1863 John Young, M.D., Professor of Natural History, University of Glasgow. J. G. Wilson, M.D., F.R.C.S.E. J. Matthews Duncan, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. W. Dittmar, Esq. Honourable Lord Ormidale. Joseph D. Everett, D.C.L., Professor of Natural Philosophy, Queen's College, Belfast. Honourable G. Waldegrave Leslie, Leslie House. Honourable Charles Baillie, Lord Jerviswoode. James Sanderson, Esq., Surgeon-Major. Charles Cowan, Esq. John Alexander Smith, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. 1864 Alex. Crum Brown, M.D., D.Sc., Professor of Chemistry. Alex. Wood, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. Andrew Wood, M.D., F.R.C.S.E. Robert William Thomson, Esq., C.E. James David Marwick, Esq. Rev. Daniel F. Sandford. Robert S. Wyld, Esq., W.S. Peter M'Lagan, Esq., of Pumpherston, M.P. William Lindsay, Esq. W. Y. Sellar, M.A., Professor of Humanity. Robert Hutchison, Esq., Carlowrie Castle. William Wallace, Ph.D. John Foulerton, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., Manilla. 1865 Alfred R. Catton, M.A. Camb. Rev. Francis Redford, M.A., Hector of Silloth. John Moir, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. James Powrie, Esq., of Reswallie, Forfar. Charles Jenner, Esq. Charles Lawson, jun., Esq. 1866 Alexander Keiller, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. William Euing, Esq. John M'Culloch, Esq. T. Grainger Stewart, M.D., F.R.C.P.E. Major-General Sir James E. Alexander, of Westerton. Charles Morehead, M.D. David Masson, M.A., Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature. David Douglas, Esq. John Macnair, Esq. James Spence, Esq., F.R.C.S.E., Professor of Surgery. Thomas Nelson, Esq. Adam Black, Esq. James Dunsmure, M.D., F.R.C.S.E. Arthur Mitchell, M.D. LIST OF ORDINARY MEMBERS. 803 Date ol' Election. 1866 Patrick Heron Watson, M.D., F.R.C.S.E. John Smith, M.D., F.E.C.P.E. John Falshaw, Esq., C.E. John K. Watson, Esq. David Chalmers, Esq. 1867 T. B. Johnston, Esq. George F. Barbour, Esq., of Bonskeid. David Davidson, Esq. Peter Waddell, Esq. Sir George Harvey. George Stirling Home Drammond, Esq., of Blair-Drummond.
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