List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1905

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This is a list of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1905. [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.

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Fellows

John George Adami British pathologist

John George Adami, FRS, FRSE, CBE, LL.D. was a British pathologist. He was the head of the pathological department of the Royal Victoria Hospital. From 1892, he was professor of pathology in McGill University, Montreal, Canada. During World War I, he was accorded a temporary commission in the Canadian Army Medical Corps to serve as the official historian for the medical branch. Starting in 1919, he became the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1898 and a Fellow of the Royal Society on 11 May 1905.

William Arthur Bone, FRS was a British fuel technologist and chemist.

John Edward Campbell Irish mathematician

John Edward Campbell was a mathematician, best known for his contribution to the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula.

Foreign Members

Ludimar Hermann German physiologist

Ludimar Hermann was a German physiologist and speech scientist who used the Edison phonograph to test theories of vowel production, particularly those of Robert Willis and Charles Wheatstone. He coined the word formant, a term of importance in modern acoustic phonetics. The Hermann Grid is named after him; he was the first to report the illusion in scientific literature.

Henri Moissan French chemist

Ferdinand Frédéric Henri Moissan was a French chemist who won the 1906 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in isolating fluorine from its compounds. Moissan was one of the original members of the International Atomic Weights Committee.

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Royal Meteorological Society

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  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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