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Royal Society Presidents
1662 – present day
Information taken from: Record of the Royal Society of
London for the Promotion of Natural Knowledge, fourth edition, the Royal Society, London:
1992; and The Record of the Royal Society of London supplement to the
fourth edition for the years 1940-1989, by John S Rowlinson and Norman H Robinson,
the Royal Society, London: 1992.
| 1662-1677 |
William Viscount
Brouncker |
| 1677-1680 |
Sir Joseph Williamson,
Kt |
| 1680-1682 |
Sir Christopher Wren
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| 1682-1683 |
Sir John Hoskins,
Bart |
| 1683-1684 |
Sir Cyril Wyche, Kt
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| 1684-1686 |
Samuel Pepys |
| 1686-1689 |
John, Earl of Carbery (Lord
Vaughan) |
| 1689-1690 |
Thomas, Earl of Pembroke,
K.G. |
William Viscount Brouncker
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James (afterwards Sir James)
Burrow |
| 1690-1695 |
Sir Robery Southwell,
Kt |
| 1695-1698 |
Charles Montagu (afterwards
Earl of Halifax, K.G.) |
| 1698-1703 |
John, Lord Somers
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| 1703-1727 |
Sir Isaac Newton, Kt
|
| 1727-1741 |
Sir Hans Sloane,
Bart. |
| 1741-1752 |
Martin Folkes |
| 1752-1764 |
George, Earl of
Macclesfield |
| 1764-1768 |
James, Earl of Morton (Lord
Aberdour) |
| 1768-1768 |
James (afterwards Sir
James) Burrow |
| 1768-1772 |
James West |
| 1772-1778 |
Sir John Pringle,
Bart. |
Sir Humphry Davy, Bart.
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Sir Henry (Hallet) Dale
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| 1778-1820 |
Sir Joseph Banks, Bart.,
P.C. |
| 1820-1820 |
William Hyde
Wollaston |
| 1820-1827 |
Sir Humphry Davy,
Bart. |
| 1827-1830 |
Davies Gilbert (formerly
Giddy) |
| 1830-1838 |
H.R.H The Duke of
Sussex |
| 1838-1848 |
Joshua Alwyne Compton,
Marquess of Northampton |
| 1848-1854 |
William Parsons, Earl of
Rosse |
| 1854-1858 |
John, Lord
Wrottesley |
| 1858-1861 |
Sir Benjamin Collins
Brodie, Bart. |
| 1861-1871 |
Sir Edward Sabine,
KCB |
| 1871-1873 |
Sir George Biddell Airy,
KCB |
| 1873-1878 |
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker,
OM, GCSI |
| 1878-1883 |
William Spottiswoode
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| 1883-1885 |
Thomas Henry Huxley,
PC |
| 1885-1890 |
Sir George Gabriel Stokes,
Bart. |
| 1890-1895 |
Lord Kelvin (Sir William
Thomson), PC |
| 1895-1900 |
Lord Lister, PC, OM
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| 1900-1905 |
Sir William Huggins, OM,
KCB |
| 1905-1908 |
John William Strutt, Lord
Rayleigh, PC |
| 1908-1913 |
Sir Archibald Geikie, OM,
KCB |
| 1913-1915 |
Sir William Crookes,
OM |
| 1915-1920 |
Sir Joseph John Thomson, OM
|
| 1920-1925 |
Sir Charles Scott
Sherrington, OM |
| 1925-1930 |
Ernest, Lord Rutherford of
Nelson, OM |
| 1930-1935 |
Sir Frederick Gowland
Hopkins, OM |
| 1935-1940 |
Sir William Henry Bragg,
OM, KBE |
| 1940-1945 |
Sir Henry (Hallet) Dale,
OM |
Sir Robert Robinson |
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Sir Howard (Walker) Florey (afterwards Lord Florey, of Adelaide and
Marston) |
| 1945-1950
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Sir Robert
Robinson, OM |
| 1950-1955
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Edgar Douglas
Adrian (afterwards Lord Adrian, of Cambridge), OM |
| 1955-1960
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Sir Cyril
(Norman) Hinshelwood, OM |
| 1960-1965
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Sir Howard
(Walker) Florey (afterwards Lord Florey, of Adelaide and Marston), OM
|
| 1965-1970 |
Patrick Maynard
Stuart Blackett (afterwards Lord Blackett, of Chelsea), OM, CH |
| 1970-1975
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Sir Alan
(Lloyd) Hodgkin, OM, KBE |
| 1975-1980 |
Alexander
Robertus Todd, Lord Todd, of Trumpington, OM |
| 1980-1985
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Sir Andrew
(Fielding) Huxley, OM |
| 1985-1990 |
Porter of
Luddenham, in the County of Kent, George, Baron Kt, OM |
| 1990-1995 |
Sir Michael
Atiyah, OM |
| 1995
|
Sir Aaron Klug,
OM |
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