Central Secretariat and Library and Information Services List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 - 2019 A complete listing of all Fellows and Foreign Members since the foundation of the Society February 2020 List of Fellows of the Royal Society 1660 - 2019 The list contains the name, dates of birth and death (where known), membership type and date of election for all Fellows of the Royal Society since 1660, including the most recently elected Fellows (details correct at February 2020) and provides a quick reference to over 9,000 Fellows. It is produced from the Sackler Archive Resource, a biographical database of Fellows of the Royal Society since its foundation in 1660. Generously funded by Dr Raymond R Sackler, Hon KBE, and Mrs Beverly Sackler, the Resource offers access to information on all Fellows of the Royal Society since the seventeenth century, from key characters in the evolution of science to fascinating lesser-known figures. In addition to the information presented in this list, records include details of a Fellow’s education, career, participation in the Royal Society and membership of other societies. Citations and proposers have been transcribed from election certificates and added to the online archive catalogue and digital images of the certificates have been attached to the catalogue records. Contributions of biographical details on any Fellow would be most welcome. Contact information: Library and Information Services Centre for History of Science The Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG T + 44 20 7451 2606 E [email protected] Guide to use of the list Entries are set out as follows: Name (Birth and death dates (where known)) Elected type Election date Elected type Fellow The vast majority of those listed. Founder Fellow Those present at the inaugural meeting of the Society at Gresham College on 28 November 1660. Original Fellow Everyone, with the exception of the Founder Fellows, elected before July 1663. Foreign Member Used from the second decade of the 19th century, it is now applied specifically to those who are not citizens of the Commonwealth or the Irish Republic, or have not yet lived and worked in those countries for three years immediately prior to being proposed as a candidate. Royal Fellow Members of the Society by virtue of royal blood. Patron The British Sovereign. Statute 12 Established in 1903 for those “who have rendered conspicuous service to the cause of science, or are such that their election would be of signal benefit to the Society”. Honorary Fellow Replaced Statute 12 in 1996. Name of Fellow or Foreign Member Type Election Date Abbot; Charles (1757 - 1829); 1st Baron Colchester Fellow 14/02/1793 Abbot; John Farr (1756 - 1794) Fellow 20/06/1793 Abdool Karim; Salim Safurdeen Fellow 28/03/2019 Abeille; Louis Paul (1719 - 1807) Fellow 22/04/1762 Abel; Clarke (c 1780 - 1826) Fellow 11/03/1819 Abel; John Jacob (1857 - 1938) Foreign Member 19/05/1938 Abel; Sir; Frederick Augustus (1827 - 1902) Fellow 7/06/1860 Abell; Christopher Fellow 28/04/2016 Abercrombie; Michael (1912 - 1979) Fellow 20/03/1958 Abernethy; John (1764 - 1831); Surgeon Fellow 14/04/1796 Abgali; Mohammed Ben Ali (fl 1726 - 1737) Fellow 24/03/1726 Abney; Sir; William de Wiveleslie (1843 - 1920) Fellow 1/06/1876 Abragam; Anatole Foreign Member 30/06/1983 Abraham; Sir; Edward Penley (1913 - 1999) Fellow 20/03/1958 Abramsky; Samson Fellow 27/05/2004 Abrikosov; Alexei Alekseyevich Foreign Member 10/05/2001 Achtman; Mark Fellow 30/04/2015 Acland; Sir; Henry Wentworth Dyke (1815 - 1900) Fellow 21/01/1847 Acland; Sir; Thomas Dyke (1809 - 1898) Fellow 20/06/1839 Adair; Gilbert Smithson (1896 - 1979) Fellow 16/03/1939 Adair; James (c 1743 - 1798) Fellow 10/04/1788 Adair; John (? 1647 - 1718) Fellow 30/11/1688 Adair; Robert Alexander Shafto (1811 - 1886); 1st Baron Waveney Fellow 05/06/1845 Adam; Neil Kensington (1891 - 1973) Fellow 16/05/1935 Adam; Robert (1728 - 1792) Fellow 7/05/1761 Adami; John George (1862 - 1926) Fellow 11/05/1905 Adams; Alfred Rodney Fellow 14/03/1996 Adams; Andrew Leith (1827 - 1882) Fellow 6/06/1872 Adams; Frank Dawson (1859 - 1942) Fellow 02/05/1907 Adams; Jerry McKee Fellow 12/03/1992 Adams; John Couch (1819 - 1892); Astronomer Fellow 07/06/1849 Adams; John Frank (1930 - 1989) Fellow 19/03/1964 Adams; Paul Richard Fellow 14/03/1991 Adams; Sir; John Bertram (1920 - 1984) Fellow 21/03/1963 Adams; Walter Sydney (1876 - 1956) Foreign Member 27/04/1950 Adams; William Grylls (1836 - 1915) Fellow 6/06/1872 Adanson; Michel (1727 - 1806) Fellow 22/01/1761 Addison; Cyril Clifford (1913 - 1994) Fellow 19/03/1970 Addison; William (1802 - 1881) Fellow 29/01/1846 Adee; Swithin (c 1704 - 1786) Fellow 6/12/1744 Adler; Saul (1895 - 1966) Fellow 21/03/1957 Adrian; Edgar Douglas (1889 - 1977); 1st Baron Adrian of Cambridge; Physiologist Fellow 03/05/1923 Adrian; Richard Hume (1927 - 1995); 2nd Baron Adrian of Cambridge Fellow 17/03/1977 Aeppli; Gabriel Fellow 20/05/2010 Affleck; Ian Fellow 20/05/2010 Afzelius; Adam (1750 - 1837) Fellow 19/04/1798 Aga; Cassem Algiada (fl 1728 - 1738) Fellow 5/12/1728 Agar; George Charles (1780 - 1856) Fellow 9/06/1832 Agar; Welbore Ellis (c 1736 - 1805) Fellow 22/03/1781 Agar; Wilfred Eade (1882 - 1951) Fellow 12/05/1921 Agar-Ellis; George James Welbore (1797 - 1833); 1st Baron Dover Fellow 7/11/1816 Agarwal; Girish Saran; Professor Fellow 15/05/2008 Agarwal; Girish Saran; Professor Fellow 15/05/2008 Agassiz; Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe (1835 - 1910) Foreign Member 26/11/1891 Agassiz; Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807 - 1873) Foreign Member 20/12/1838 Aggarwal; Varinder Kumar Fellow 19/04/2012 Aggleton; John Fellow 19/04/2012 Aglionby; William (c 1642 - 1705) Fellow 7/11/1667 1 Name of Fellow or Foreign Member Type Election Date Agricola; George Andre (1672 - 1738) Fellow 11/01/1699 Ahlers; Cyriacus (fl 1727 - 1756) Fellow 9/03/1727 Ainsworth; Robert Anthony Fellow 14/05/2009 Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); Astronomer and Mathematician Fellow 21/01/1836 Aitchison; James Edward Tierney (1835 - 1898) Fellow 7/06/1883 Aitken; Alexander Craig (1895 - 1967) Fellow 07/05/1936 Aitken; John (1839 - 1919) Fellow 6/06/1889 Aitken; Martin Jim (1922 - 2017) Fellow 17/03/1983 Aitken; Sir; William (1825 - 1892) Fellow 12/06/1873 Akam; Michael Edwin Fellow 11/05/2000 Akenside; Mark (1721 - 1770) Fellow 8/02/1753 Akers; Sir; Wallace Alan (1888 - 1954) Fellow 20/03/1952 Akhtar; Muhammad Fellow 20/03/1980 Aland; John Fortescue, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan (1670 - 1746) Fellow 20/03/1712 Alavbi; Ali Fellow 30/04/2015 Albert (1819 - 1861); Prince Consort of Queen Victoria Royal Fellow 30/04/1840 Albertini; Giambattista (1715 - 1788) Fellow 11/12/1760 Alberts; Bruce Michael; Dr Foreign Member 17/06/1993 Albery; Wyndham John (1936 - 2013) Fellow 21/03/1985 Albinus; Bernard Siegfried (1697 - 1770) Fellow 23/02/1764 Alcock; Alfred William (1859 - 1933) Fellow 06/06/1901 Alcock; Nathan (1707 - 1779) Fellow 25/01/1750 Alder; Roger William Fellow 18/05/2006 Aldersey; Robert (- 1802) Fellow 3/07/1794 Alderson; Sir; James (1794 - 1882) Fellow 17/06/1841 Aldous; David John Fellow 10/03/1994 Alembert; Jean le Rond d' (1717 - 1783) Fellow 22/12/1748 Alessi; Dario Renato; Professor Fellow 15/05/2008 Alexander; Henry (c 1782 - 1859) Fellow 22/04/1847 Alexander; Robert (1795 - 1843) Fellow 26/11/1835 Alexander; Robert McNeill (1934 - 2016) Fellow 19/03/1987 Alfred Ernest Albert (1844 - 1900); Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Royal Fellow 16/03/1882 Alfven; Hannes Olof Gosta (1908 - 1995) Foreign Member 24/04/1980 Algarotti; Francesco (1712 - 1764) Fellow 8/07/1736 Alison; Archibald (1757 - 1839) Fellow 15/11/1792 Al-Khalili; Jim Sadik Fellow 09/05/2018 Allamand; Johann Nicholaus Sebastian (1713 - 1787) Fellow 22/01/1747 Allan; Thomas (1777 - 1833) Fellow 6/04/1815 Allbutt; Sir; Thomas Clifford (1836 - 1925) Fellow 3/06/1880 Allegre; Claude Jean Foreign Member 13/05/2002 Allen; Edgar Johnson (1866 - 1942) Fellow 07/05/1914 Allen; Edmond (- 1763) Fellow 12/05/1726 Allen; Herbert Stanley (1873 - 1954) Fellow 15/05/1930 Allen; John (c 1660 - 1741) Fellow 22/10/1730 Allen; John Frank (1908 - 2001) Fellow 17/03/1949 Allen; John Robert Laurence Fellow 15/03/1979 Allen; Norman Percy (1903 - 1972) Fellow 15/03/1956 Allen; Percival (1917 - 2008) Fellow 15/03/1973 Allen; Sir; Geoffrey Fellow 18/03/1976 Allen; Thomas (- 1684) Fellow 6/02/1668 Allen; William (1770 - 1843) Fellow 19/11/1807 Allen; William (1793 - 1864) Fellow 18/11/1841 Alley; Richard B Foreign Member 30/04/2014 Alleyn; John (1621 - 1663) Original Fellow 20/05/1663 Alleyne; John (- 1777) Fellow 16/05/1776 Allibone; Thomas Edward (1903 - 2003); Physicist Fellow 18/03/1948 Allioni; Carlo (1725 - 1804) Fellow 6/04/1758 2 Name of Fellow or Foreign Member Type Election Date Allix; William (c 1689 - 1769) Fellow 25/01/1753 Allman; George James (1812 - 1898) Fellow 1/06/1854 Allman; George Johnston (1824 - 1904) Fellow 12/06/1884 Allmand; Arthur John (1885 - 1951) Fellow 02/05/1929 Allonville; Jacques Eugene d' (1671 - 1732); Chevalier de Louville Fellow 9/06/1715 Allshire; Robin Campbell Fellow 19/05/2011 Almeyda; Theodore de (1722 - 1803) Fellow 9/03/1758 Alpers; Michael Philip Fellow 15/05/2008 Alruz; Johann Wilhelm (- 1755) Fellow 6/11/1729 Alstroemer; John (1742 - 1786) Fellow 24/12/1778 Althorp; George John (1758 - 1834); 2nd Earl Spencer Fellow 6/04/1780 Althorp; John Charles (1782 - 1845); 3rd Earl Spencer Fellow 16/11/1820 Amagat; Emile Hilaire (1841 - 1915) Foreign Member 4/03/1897 Amaldi; Edoardo (1908 - 1989) Foreign