List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1908

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This is a list of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1908. [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. Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852–1908)
  2. David James Hamilton (1849–1909)
  3. Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914)
  4. Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843–1917)
  5. William Gowland (1842–1922)
  6. William Halse Rivers Rivers (1864–1922)
  7. Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major (1843–1923)
  8. Arthur Dendy (1865–1925)
  9. H. H. Asquith (1852–1928)
  10. Shibasaburo Kitasato (1852–1931)
  11. Sir Dugald Clerk [2]
  12. Otto Stapf [3]
  13. William Barlow [4]
  14. Edmund Neville Nevill [5]
  15. Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford [6]
  16. Sir Jocelyn Field Thorpe [7]
  17. Randal Thomas Mowbray Rawdon Berkeley [8]
  18. John Stanley Gardiner (1872–1946)
  19. Henry Horatio Dixon [9]
  20. John Hilton Grace [10]
  21. Bertrand Russell [11]

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<i>Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society</i> journal published by the Royal Society

The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society. It publishes obituaries of Fellows of the Royal Society. It was established in 1932 as Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society and obtained its current title in 1955, with volume numbering restarting at 1. Prior to 1932, obituaries were published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society.

References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society", Royal Society. "Fellowship from 1660 onwards" (xlsx file on Google Docs via the Royal Society)
  2. ↑ r., H. R. (1933). "Sir Dugald Clerk. 1854-1932". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 1 (2): 101. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1933.0004.
  3. ↑ H., A. W. (1933). "Otto Stapf. 1857-1933". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 1 (2): 115. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1933.0007.
  4. ↑ Pope, W. J. (1935). "William Barlow". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 1 (4): 367. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1935.0001.
  5. ↑ Jones, H. S. (1941). "E. N. Nevill". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 3 (9): 345. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0006.
  6. ↑ Mitchell, P. C. (1941). "Herbrand Arthur Russell, Duke of Bedford". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 3 (9): 498–502. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0017.
  7. ↑ Ingold, C. K. (1941). "Jocelyn Field Thorpe. 1872-1939". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 3 (10): 530–544. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1941.0020. JSTOR   769165.
  8. ↑ Hartley, H. (1942). "Randal Thomas Mowbray Rawdon Berkeley Earl of Berkeley. 1865-1942". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 4 (11): 166–182. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1942.0014.
  9. ↑ Atkins, William Ringrose Gelston (1954). "Henry Horatio Dixon. 1869-1953". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society . 9: 78–97. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1954.0007. JSTOR   769200.
  10. ↑ Todd, J. A. (1958). "John Hilton Grace 1873-1958". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 4: 92–97. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1958.0008. JSTOR   769502.
  11. ↑ Kreisel, G. (1973). "Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 19: 583–620. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1973.0021. JSTOR   769574.
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