List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1987

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This is a list of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1987. [1] [2]

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 (FRS)

Robert McNeill Alexander British zoologist

Robert McNeill (Neill) Alexander, CBE FRS was a British zoologist and a leading authority in the field of biomechanics. Until 1970, he was mainly concerned with fish, investigating the mechanics of swim bladders, tails and fish jaw mechanisms. Subsequently, he concentrated on the mechanics of terrestrial locomotion, notably walking and running in mammals, particularly on gait selection and its relationship to anatomy and to the structural design of skeletons and muscles.

Professor George Gow Brownlee FRS FMedSci is a British pathologist and Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.

John Frederick Clarke FRS was a professor, an aeronautical engineer, and a pilot.

Foreign Members (ForMemRS)

David Baltimore Nobel Prize winner

David Baltimore is an American biologist, university administrator, and 1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He served as president of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1997 to 2006, and is currently the President Emeritus and Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology at Caltech. He also served as president of Rockefeller University from 1990 to 1991, and was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007. Baltimore has profoundly influenced international science, including key contributions to immunology, virology, cancer research, biotechnology, and recombinant DNA research, through his accomplishments as a researcher, administrator, educator, and public advocate for science and engineering. He has trained many doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, several of whom have gone on to notable and distinguished research careers. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he has received a number of awards, including the U.S. National Medal of Science in 1999. Baltimore currently sits on the Board of Sponsors for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is a consultant to the Science Philanthropy Alliance.

Walter Gilbert American biochemist

Walter Gilbert is an American biochemist, physicist, molecular biology pioneer, and Nobel laureate.

Dr. George Rankin Irwin was an American scientist in the field of fracture mechanics and strength of materials. He was internationally known for his study of fracture of materials.

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Malcolm Longair British astronomer

Malcolm Sim Longair is a British physicist. From 1991 to 2008 he was the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Since 2016 he has been editor-in-chief of the Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society.

(Benton) Seymour Rabinovitch was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle, whose work measured the efficiency with which energy is transferred between molecules in gas-phase ion chemistry.

References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society", Royal Society. "Fellowship from 1660 onwards" (xlsx file on Google Docs via the Royal Society)
  2. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.
  3. ↑ Bray, K. N. C.; Riley, N. (2014). "John Frederick Clarke 1 May 1927 -- 11 June 2013". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 60: 87–106. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0012.
  4. ↑ Needham, R. M. (2002). "Donald Watts Davies". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 48: 87–96. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2002.0006.
  5. ↑ Farara, C. J. (1998). "John William Fozard". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 44: 193–204. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1998.0013.
  6. ↑ Webster, R. G. (2010). "William Graeme Laver. 3 June 1929 -- 26 September 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 56: 215–236. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2009.0021.
  7. ↑ Greenland, D. J.; Tinker, P. B.; Kirk, G. J. D. (2011). "Peter Hague Nye. 16 September 1921 -- 13 February 2009". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 57: 315–326. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2010.0017.
  8. ↑ Campbell, Charles T.; Rabinovitch, Ruth A. (2016). "Benton Seymour Rabinovitch. 19 February 1919 — 2 August 2014". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: rsbm20150021. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0021. ISSN   0080-4606.
  9. ↑ Houston, P. A.; Jackson, R. (2011). "Peter Neville Robson OBE FREng. 23 November 1930 -- 10 January 2010". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 57: 423–434. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2011.0013.
  10. ↑ Denholm, I.; Elliott, M. (1995). "Roman Mieczyslaw Sawicki. 20 April 1930-22 July 1990". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 41: 396–418. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1995.0024.
  11. ↑ Chadwick, P.; England, A. H.; Parker, D. F. (2015). "Anthony James Merrill Spencer 23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . Royal Society publishing. 61: 505–529. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0003. ISSN   0080-4606.
  12. ↑ Edwards, R. G. (1996). "Patrick Christopher Steptoe". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 42: 435–52. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1996.0027. PMID   11619339.
  13. ↑ Younger, D. H. (2012). "William Thomas Tutte". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 58: 283–297. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2012.0036.
  14. ↑ "Dr David Baltimore ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
  15. ↑ Nair, P. (20 December 2011). "QnAs with David Baltimore". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (51): 20299–20299. Bibcode:2011PNAS..10820299N. doi:10.1073/pnas.1116978108. PMC   3251099  Lock-green.svg. PMID   22187456.
  16. ↑ Phillips, R. L. (2013). "Norman Ernest Borlaug". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 59: 59–72. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2013.0012.
  17. ↑ Longair, M. S. (2011). "Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 57: 129–146. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2011.0002.
  18. ↑ Wells, A. A. (2000). "George Rankin Irwin". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 46: 269–283. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1999.0084.
  19. ↑ "OBITUARIES". Ibis. 132 (3): 483–487. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1990.tb01068.x.
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