Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1857. [1] [2]
Rev Dr John Jamieson DD FRSE FSAs FRSL was a Scottish minister of religion, lexicographer, philologist and antiquary. His most important work is the Dictionary of the Scottish Language.
William Pole FRS FRSE MICE was an English engineer, astronomer and musician.
Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace, PC DCL FRSE was an English politician holding multiple key roles in the government.
Samuel Weller Singer (1783–1858) was an English author and scholar on the work of William Shakespeare. He is also now remembered as a pioneer historian of card games.
Thomas Dunham Whitaker (1759–1821) was an English clergyman and topographer.
Joseph Phillimore (1775–1855) was an English civil lawyer and politician, Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford from 1809.
Dr Alexander Tweedie FRS was a Scottish physician and writer.
William Skelton (1763–1848) was an English engraver.
Alexander Nicoll (1793–1828) was a Scottish orientalist, known for his bibliographical work. He became Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford in 1822.
John Haviland was a professor of medicine at Cambridge University's and a mainstay of the Cambridge Medical School through a difficult period.