List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1787

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This is a list of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1787. [1]

Royal Society English learned society for science

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as "The Royal Society". It is the oldest national scientific institution in the world. The society is the United Kingdom's and Commonwealth of Nations' Academy of Sciences and fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, fostering international and global co-operation, education and public engagement.

Fellows

  1. John Ash (c.1723–1798), physician
  2. William Bentinck (1764–1813)
  3. William Blizard (1743–1835)
  4. Thomas Gery Cullum (1741–1831)
  5. James Duff, 2nd Earl Fife (1729–1809)
  6. Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1745–1804)
  7. Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823)
  8. William Fordyce (1724–1792), Scottish physician
  9. George Trenchard Goodenough (born 1743)
  10. Everard Home (1756–1832)
  11. Craven Ord (1756–1832), antiquarian
  12. Thomas Parkyns, 1st Baron Rancliffe (1755–1800)
  13. William Parsons (died 1828), poet
  14. Arthur Leary Piggott (1748–1819), barrister and MP
  15. William Morton Pitt (1754–1836), MP
  16. Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings and 2nd Earl of Moira (1754–1826)
  17. Richard Relhan (1754–1823)
  18. Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761–1829)
  19. James Smithson (1765–1829)
  20. Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho (1735–1804), Portuguese diplomat
  21. George Leonard Staunton (1737–1801)
  22. Nicolas Vay de Vaja
  23. Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (1733–1805)
  24. Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton (1726–1800)

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References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society", Royal Society. "Fellowship from 1660 onwards" (xlsx file on Google Docs via the Royal Society)
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