List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1839

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This page lists Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1839. [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.

  1. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet
  2. George Barker
  3. Beriah Botfield
  4. Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington
  5. Arthur Conolly
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Edward Davies Davenport
  8. Henry Mangles Denham
  9. Richard Drew
  10. Henry Drummond
  11. Arthur Farre
  12. Thomas William Fletcher
  13. William James Frodsham
  14. Thomas Gaskin
  15. George Godwin
  16. John Thomas Graves
  17. Edwin Guest
  18. George Gulliver
  19. James Halliwell-Phillipps
  20. Christopher Hansteen
  21. Peter Hardy
  22. James Heywood
  23. John Hilton
  24. John Hogg
  25. Gilbert Wakefield Mackmurdo
  26. Samuel Roffey Maitland
  27. Macedonio Melloni
  28. Henry Moseley
  29. H Alexander Ormsby
  30. Adolphe Quetelet
  31. William Reid
  32. Robert Rigg
  33. John Rogers
  34. George Leith Roupell
  35. Félix Savart [2]
  36. William Sharpey
  37. Clement Tudway Swanston
  38. James Joseph Sylvester [3]
  39. Charles Thorp
  40. Charles Turnor
  41. John Wesley Williams
  42. James Yates

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References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.
  2. ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Félix Savart", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive , University of St Andrews .
  3. ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "James Joseph Sylvester", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive , University of St Andrews .
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