 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(June 2016) |
This is a list of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1798. [1] [2]
| | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source .(June 2016) |
This is a list of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1798. [1] [2]
Sir Charles Wilkins, KH, FRS, was an English typographer and Orientalist, and founding member of The Asiatic Society. He is notable as the first translator of Bhagavad Gita into English, and as the creator, alongside Panchanan Karmakar, of the first Bengali typeface. In 1788, Wilkins was elected a member of the Royal Society. he was also known as Caxton of India
Manuel John Johnson, FRS was a British astronomer.
John Scandrett Harford, FRS was a British banker, benefactor and abolitionist.
William Bernard Robinson King was a British geologist.
Lewis Weston Dillwyn, FRS was a British porcelain manufacturer, naturalist and Whig Member of Parliament (MP).
Henry Hicks, MRCS, FRS was a Welsh physician, surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS), geologist, President of the Geological Society and Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). He studied the Precambrian rocks of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire and Pembrokeshire, the Devonian rocks of Devon and Somerset, cave deposits and other Quaternary sediments.
William Edward Pretyman Tomline FRS was an English Member of Parliament for several constituencies.
George William Cooke CBE FRS was a British chemist. He was the deputy director of Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1962 until 1975. He was Chief Scientific Officer of the Agricultural Research Centre from 1975 until his retirement in 1981. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969, CBE 1975. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School.
William Valentine Mayneord, CBE FRS was a British radiologist and pioneer in the field of medical physics.
William Lewis FRS was a British chemist and physician. He is known for his writings related to pharmacy and medicine, and for his research into metals.
James Pickering Kendall FRS FRSE was a British chemist.
Philip Packer FRS was an English barrister and architect. He was a courtier to Charles II, and friend to Christopher Wren.