List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1771

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This is a list of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1771. [1]

Fellows

  1. John Wynn Baker (d. 1775), agriculture economist
  2. Peter Biron, Duke of Courland (1724–1800), German duke
  3. Alexander Dalrymple (1737–1808), Scottish geographer
  4. William Duncan, (c.1715–1774), physician and speculator
  5. Robert Erskine (1735–1780), Scottish engineer
  6. John Frere (1740–1807), antiquary
  7. Richard Cope Hopton (c.1738–1810)
  8. Samuel Howard (c.1731–1811), surgeon
  9. John Glen King (1732–1787), cleric and antiquarian
  10. John Philip de Limbourg (1726–1811)
  11. Francis Maseres (1731–1824), lawyer
  12. Paul Henry Maty (1745–1787), librarian
  13. John Paradise (1743–1795)
  14. James Petty (d. 1822)
  15. Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792)
  16. Marcin Odlanicki Poczobutt (1728–1810), Polish astronomer
  17. Philip Stephens (1723–1809), MP
  18. Marmaduke Tunstall (1743–1790), ornithologist
  19. Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730–1786), classical scholar
  20. George Walker (c.1734–1807), mathematician
  21. Benjamin Way (1740–1808), MP

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References

  1. "Fellows of the Royal Society", Royal Society. "Fellowship from 1660 onwards" (xlsx file on Google Docs via the Royal Society)