List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1859

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Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1859. [1]

Fellows

  1. Samuel Husbands Beckles (1814–1890)
  2. Frederick Crace Calvert [2] (1819–1873)
  3. Henry John Carter (1813–1895)
  4. Douglas Strutt Galton [3] (1822–1899)
  5. William Bird Herapath (1820–1868)
  6. George Murray Humphry [4] (1820–1896)
  7. Thomas Sterry Hunt [5] (1826–1892)
  8. John Denis Macdonald [6] (1826–1908)
  9. William Odling [7] [8] (1829–1921)
  10. Robert Patterson (1802–1872)
  11. John Penn [9] (1805–1878)
  12. Robert Hermann Schomburgk [10] (1804–1865)
  13. Edward Henry Stanley [11] (1826–1893)
  14. Archibald Campbell Tait (1811–1882)
  15. Sir Thomas Watson [12] (1792–1882)
  16. Bennet Woodcroft [13] (1803–1879)
  17. William Yolland [14] (1810–1885)

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References

  1. ↑ "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-03-16.
  2. ↑ "Frederick Crace Calvert". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4419.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ↑ "Douglas Strutt Galton". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10317.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ↑ "Humphry, George Murray (HMHY847GM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ↑ "Thomas Sterry Hunt (1826–1892)". Journal of Chemical Education. 13 (10): 451. 1936. Bibcode:1936JChEd..13..451.. doi:10.1021/ed013p451. ISSN   0021-9584.
  6. ↑ "John Denis Macdonald". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34707.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ↑ "William Odling". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37818.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. ↑ Thornton, John L.; Wiles, Anna (1956). "William Odling, 1829–1921". Annals of Science. 12 (4): 288–295. doi:10.1080/00033795600200236. ISSN   0003-3790.
  9. ↑ "John Penn". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21852.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  10. ↑ Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Schomburgk, Robert Herman"  . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . New York: D. Appleton.
  11. ↑ "Stanley, Edward Henry (STNY844EH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  12. ↑ "Watson, Thomas (WT811T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  13. ↑ "Bennet Woodcroft". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29908.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  14. ↑ "William Yolland". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30221.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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