The President of the Royal Society (PRS) is the elected head of the Royal Society of London. The position is now awarded to a member of the scientific community of the British Commonwealth for a period of five years, and is one of the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a scientist.[1].
The changeover of Presidents occurs on the Royal Society Anniversary Day, the weekday on or nearest to 30 November, following the departing President's Anniversary Address.[2]
The current President is The Lord Rees of Ludlow.
Presidents of the Royal Society
- 1660-1662 Robert Moray [3]
- 1662-1677 The Viscount Brouncker
- 1677-1680 Sir Joseph Williamson
- 1680-1682 Sir Christopher Wren
- 1682-1683 Sir John Hoskyns
- 1683-1684 Cyril Wyche
- 1684-1686 Samuel Pepys
- 1686-1689 The Earl of Carbery
- 1689-1690 The Earl of Pembroke
- 1690-1695 Sir Robert Southwell
- 1695-1698 The Earl of Halifax
- 1698-1703 The Lord Somers
- 1703-1727 Sir Isaac Newton
- 1727-1741 Sir Hans Sloane
- 1741-1752 Martin Folkes
- 1752-1764 The Earl of Macclesfield
- 1764-1768 The Earl of Morton
- 1768-1768 James Burrow
- 1768-1772 James West
- 1772-1772 James Burrow
- 1772-1778 Sir John Pringle
- 1778-1820 Sir Joseph Banks
- 1820-1820 William Hyde Wollaston
- 1820-1827 Sir Humphry Davy
- 1827-1830 Davies Gilbert
- 1830-1838 HRH The Duke of Sussex
- 1838-1848 The Marquess of Northampton
- 1848-1854 The Earl of Rosse
- 1854-1858 The Lord Wrottesley
- 1858-1861 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart.
- 1861-1871 Sir Edward Sabine
- 1871-1873 Sir George Biddell Airy
- 1873-1878 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
- 1878-1883 William Spottiswoode
- 1883-1885 The Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry Huxley, P.C.
- 1885-1890 Sir George Gabriel Stokes
- 1890-1895 The Lord Kelvin
- 1895-1900 The Lord Lister
- 1900-1905 Sir William Huggins
- 1905-1908 The Lord Rayleigh
- 1908-1913 Sir Archibald Geikie
- 1913-1915 Sir William Crookes
- 1915-1920 Sir Joseph John Thomson
- 1920-1925 Sir Charles Sherrington
- 1925-1930 The Lord Rutherford of Nelson
- 1930-1935 Sir Frederick Hopkins
- 1935-1940 Sir William Henry Bragg
- 1940-1945 Sir Henry Hallett Dale
- 1945-1950 Sir Robert Robinson
- 1950-1955 The Lord Adrian
- 1955-1960 Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
- 1960-1965 The Lord Florey
- 1965-1970 The Lord Blackett
- 1970-1975 Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
- 1975-1980 The Lord Todd
- 1980-1985 Sir Andrew Huxley
- 1985-1990 Sir George Porter
- 1990-1995 Sir Michael Atiyah
- 1995-2000 Sir Aaron Klug
- 2000-2005 The Lord May of Oxford
- 2005-present The Lord Rees of Ludlow
References
- ^ "Presidents of the Royal Society". The Royal Society. 2008. http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1071. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
- ^ "The Role of President of the Royal Society". The Royal Society. 2008. http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=3005. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
- ^ Dudley Wright (1921). "Sir Robert Moray: The First Recorded Initiation in England". The Builder. http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/moray_r.html. Retrieved on 2008-04-02.
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