FORMER RSE FELLOWS 1783- 2002 SIR CHARLES ADAM OF BARNS 06/10/1780- JOHN JACOB. ABEL 19/05/1857- 26/05/1938 16/09/1853 Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Date of Election: 05/04/1824. Date of Election: 03/07/1933. Profession: Royal Navy. Profession: Pharmacologist, Endocrinologist. Notes: Date of election: 1820 also reported in RSE Fellow Type: HF lists JOHN ABERCROMBIE 12/10/1780- 14/11/1844 Fellow Type: OF Place of Birth: Aberdeen. ROBERT ADAM 03/07/1728- 03/03/1792 Date of Election: 07/02/1831. Place of Birth: Kirkcaldy, Fife.. Profession: Physician, Author. Date of Election: 28/01/1788. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Architect. ALEXANDER ABERCROMBY, LORD ABERCROMBY Fellow Type: OF 15/10/1745- 17/11/1795 WILLIAM ADAM OF BLAIR ADAM 02/08/1751- Place of Birth: Clackmannanshire. 17/02/1839 Date of Election: 17/11/1783. Place of Birth: Kinross-shire. Profession: Advocate. Date of Election: 22/01/1816. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Advocate, Barrister, Politician. JAMES ABERCROMBY, BARON DUNFERMLINE Fellow Type: OF 07/11/1776- 17/04/1858 JOHN GEORGE ADAMI 12/01/1862- 29/08/1926 Date of Election: 07/02/1831. Place of Birth: Ashton-on-Mersey, Lancashire. Profession: Physician,Statesman. Date of Election: 17/01/1898. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Pathologist. JOHN ABERCROMBY, BARON ABERCROMBY Fellow Type: OF 15/01/1841- 07/10/1924 ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL ADAMS Date of Election: 07/02/1898. Date of Election: 19/12/1910. Profession: Philologist, Antiquary, Folklorist. Profession: Consulting Engineer. Fellow Type: OF Notes: Died 1918-19 RALPH ABERCROMBY, BARON DUNFERMLINE Fellow Type: OF 06/04/1803- 02/07/1868 JOHN COUCH ADAMS 05/06/1819- 21/01/1892 Date of Election: 19/01/1863. Place of Birth: Lidcot Farm, Laneast, Cornwall. Profession: Diplomat. Date of Election: 19/02/1849. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Astronomer, Mathematician. SIR ROBERT ABERCROMBY OF BIRKENBOG AND Notes: Contributed to the discovery of the planet FORGLEN, bart. 04/02/1784- 06/07/1855 Neptune Date of Election: 02/12/1822. Fellow Type: HF Profession: Politician. ALEXANDER JAMES ADIE 16/12/1808- 03/04/1879 Fellow Type: OF Place of Birth: Edinburgh. ABERDEEN, EARL OF. SEE GORDON, GEORGE Date of Election: 02/02/1846. HAMILTON. Profession: Civil Engineer. Fellow Type: OF CHARLES LAWRENCE ABERNETHY Date of Election: 06/03/1922. ALEXANDER JAMES ADIE Profession: Physicist. Place of Birth: Edinburgh. Fellow Type: OF Date of Election: 25/01/1819. Profession: Optician, Meteorologist. JAMES ABERNETHY 14/06/1814- 08/03/1896 Notes: Born January 1775, Died 1859 Invented the Place of Birth: Aberdeen. sympiesometer patented 1818 Date of Election: 02/06/1879. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Civil Engineer. Fellow Type: OF JOHN ADIE Date of Election: 21/03/1842. GIORGIO ABETTI 05/10/1882- 24/08/1982 Profession: Optician. Place of Birth: Padova, Italy. Notes: Died 1856-7 Date of Election: 04/07/1955. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Astronomer. Fellow Type: HF EDGAR DOUGLAS ADRIAN, BARON ADRIAN 30/11/1889- 04/08/1977 SIR WILLIAM DE WIVELESLIE ABNEY 24/07/1843- Place of Birth: London. 03/12/1920 Date of Election: 01/07/1946. Place of Birth: Derby. Profession: Physiologist. Date of Election: 02/02/1885. Notes: Joint Nobel Laureate, Physiology & Medicine Profession: Soldier, Education Administrator, 1932 Photographic Chemist. Fellow Type: HF Notes: Elected as Captain Abney.(Gazetted Captain 1873 after service in India). Pioneer in the advancement of photographic emulsion making Fellow Type: OF 1/1 FORMER RSE FELLOWS 1783- 2002 SIR JAMES ORMISTON AFFLECK ?-24/09/1922 DAVID AITKEN 17/08/1796- 27/03/1875 Place of Birth: Edinburgh. Date of Election: 06/01/1868. Date of Election: 06/01/1896. Profession: Minister of Religion, Church Historian. Profession: Physician. Fellow Type: OF Notes: Born 1840 Fellow Type: OF JOHN AITKEN 18/09/1839- 13/11/1919 Place of Birth: Falkirk, Stirlingshire. ALEXANDER AGASSIZ 17/12/1835- 27/03/1910 Date of Election: 05/04/1875. Place of Birth: Neuchatel, Switzerland. Profession: Meteorologist. Date of Election: 01/03/1897. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Zoologist. Fellow Type: HF ROBERT AITKEN ?-17/03/1954 Date of Election: 05/03/1945. JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE AGASSIZ 28/05/1807- Profession: Physician, Dermatologist. 14/12/1873 Notes: Born 1888 Place of Birth: Motier, Fribourg Canton, Switzerland. Fellow Type: OF Date of Election: 20/04/1835. JOHN AITKIN (AITKEN) ?-06/03/1860 Profession: Palaeontologist, Glaciologist, Naturalist. Fellow Type: OF Date of Election: 04/02/1822. Profession: Surgeon. ANTHONY JOHN AGLEN 30/05/1911- 25/04/1984 Notes: Born 1796 Date of Election: 04/03/1963. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Civil Servant. FRANCIS ALBERT AUGUSTUS CHARLES EMMANUEL Notes: Dept of Agriculture & Fisheries for Scotland, ALBERT, HRH PRINCE 26/08/1819- 14/12/1861 Fisheries Secy for Scotland 1946-71 and President 1963-6, North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission Place of Birth: Rosenau, near Coburg, Saxony, Fellow Type: OF Germany. Date of Election: 29/08/1842. SIR STAIR AGNEW AGNEW 12/06/1831- 12/07/1916 Profession: Royal Prince. Date of Election: 16/01/1871. Fellow Type: HF Profession: Advocate. Fellow Type: OF LESLIE ALCOCK Date of Election: 01/03/1976. C.M. AIKMAN Profession: Archaeologist. Date of Election: 04/06/1888. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Chemist. Notes: Died 1902-3 CYRIL ALDRED 19/02/1914- 23/06/1991 Fellow Type: OF Place of Birth: London. Date of Election: 06/03/1978. SIR WHITELAW AINSLIE 17/02/1767- 29/04/1837 Profession: Egyptologist, Museum Keeper. Place of Birth: Duns, Berwickshire. Fellow Type: OF Date of Election: 07/12/1829. Profession: Surgeon, Writer on Materia Medica, ALEXANDER JOHN ALEXANDER ?-31/01/1801 Date of Election: 26/01/1801. Orientalist. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Unknown. Notes: Born 1750 SIR GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY 27/07/1801- 02/01/1892 Fellow Type: OF Place of Birth: Alnwick, Northumberland. Date of Election: 20/04/1835. FRANK ALEXANDER 18/03/1917- 04/03/1998 Profession: Astronomer, Mathematician. Place of Birth: Newtown, Cheshire. Fellow Type: HF Date of Election: 06/03/1961. Profession: Veterinary Surgeon. JAMES EDWARD TIERNEY AITCHISON 28/10/1835- Fellow Type: OF 30/09/1898 Date of Election: 06/06/1881. SIR JAMES EDWARD ALEXANDER OF WESTERTON Profession: Surgeon, Botanist. 16/10/1803- 02/04/1885 Fellow Type: OF Place of Birth: Stirling. Date of Election: 02/01/1866. ALEXANDER CRAIG AITKEN 01/04/1895- Profession: Soldier and Explorer. 03/11/1967 Notes: Promoted the erection of Cleopatra's Needle Place of Birth: Dunedin, New Zealand. on the Thames Embankment Date of Election: 09/03/1925. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Mathematician. Fellow Type: OF SIR KENNETH JOHN WILSON ALEXANDER 14/03/1922- 27/03/2001 ANDREW PEEBLES AITKEN Place of Birth: Edinburgh. Date of Election: 04/02/1878. Date of Election: 06/03/1978. Profession: Chemist. Profession: Economist. Notes: Died 1903-4. Pioneer experimenter on Fellow Type: OF Fertilizer Response Fellow Type: OF 2/1 FORMER RSE FELLOWS 1783- 2002 WILLIAM ALEXANDER JAMES ALLAN Date of Election: 17/11/1783. Date of Election: 06/03/1848. Profession: Physician. Profession: Physician. Notes: Date of death is given as 1783 and 9/9/1788 Notes: Died 1852. Intimated in 1878 to RSE by different sources Fellow Type: OF Fellow Type: OF JAMES KNOX ALLAN 14/09/1892- 12/10/1959 WILLIAM ALEXANDER ?-21/12/1859 Date of Election: 01/03/1954. Date of Election: 18/03/1839. Profession: Geologist. Profession: Writer to The Signet. Fellow Type: OF Notes: Born 1798 Fellow Type: OF ROBERT ALLAN ?-28/12/1826 Date of Election: 04/06/1821. WILLIAM GORDON ALEXANDER ?-23/01/1971 Profession: Surgeon. Place of Birth: Edinburgh. Notes: Born February 1777 (Devlin-Thorp gives 1788). Date of Election: 01/03/1965. Author of Allan's Surgery Profession: Civil Servant. Fellow Type: OF Notes: Born 1909 Fellow Type: OF ROBERT ALLAN 12/10/1806- 06/06/1863 Place of Birth: Edinburgh. WILLIAM LINDSAY ALEXANDER 24/08/1808- Date of Election: 06/02/1832. 20/12/1884 Profession: Advocate, Stockbroker, Mineralogist. Place of Birth: Leith, Edinburgh. Notes: Rogers gives year of death as 1862 Date of Election: 29/04/1867. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Minister of Religion. Fellow Type: OF SIR ROBERT GEORGE ALLAN 07/11/1879- 04/01/1972 ROBERT GERVASE ALFORD ?-10/05/1921 Date of Election: 01/03/1948. Date of Election: 03/12/1894. Profession: Agriculturalist. Profession: Civil Engineer. Notes: Born 1849 THOMAS ALLAN OF LAURISTON 17/07/1777- Fellow Type: OF 12/09/1833 Place of Birth: Edinburgh. SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON, bart. 29/12/1792- Date of Election: 28/03/1805. 23/05/1867 Profession: Banker, Mineralogist. Place of Birth: Parsonage of Kenley, Shropshire. Fellow Type: OF Date of Election: 01/03/1830. Profession: Advocate, Historian. ROBERT EDGAR ALLARDICE 02/03/1862- Fellow Type: OF 06/05/1928 Place of Birth: Edinburgh. ARCHIBALD ALISON 13/11/1757- 17/05/1839 Date of Election: 16/01/1888. Place of Birth: Edinburgh. Profession: Mathematician. Date of Election: 26/01/1784. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Minister of Religion, Essayist. Notes: Senior Incumbent 1800-4 Cowgate Qualified SIR WILLIAM HENRY ALLCHIN 16/10/1846- Chapel, Edinburgh; 1804-18 Cowgate Episcopal 08/02/1911 Chapel; 1818-31 St Paul's, Edinburgh Date of Election: 07/01/1878. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Physician. Fellow Type: OF JOHN ALISON 28/02/1861- 21/03/1952 Place of Birth: Kirkcaldy, Fife. HERBERT STANLEY ALLEN 29/12/1873- 27/04/1954 Date of Election: 01/04/1889. Place of Birth: Bodmin, Cornwall. Profession: Mathematician, Schoolmaster. Date of Election: 01/03/1920. Fellow Type: OF Profession: Physicist. Fellow Type: OF WILLIAM PULTENEY ALISON ?-22/09/1859 Place of Birth: Boroughmuirhead, Edinburgh. JACK ALLEN 19/09/1905- 01/02/1984 Date of Election: 27/01/1817.