Presidents of the Royal Society
The President of the Royal Society (PRS) is the elected head of the Royal Society of London. The position is now awarded to a member of the scientific community of the British Commonwealth for a period of five years, and is one of the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a scientist. The current President is the zoologist Lord May of Oxford, the vice-president is Sir Patrick Bateson.
Presidents of the Royal Society 1662-1677 The Viscount Brouncker 1677-1680 Sir Joseph Williamson 1680-1682 Sir Christopher Wren 1682-1683 John Hoskins 1683-1684 Cyril Wyche 1684-1686 Samuel Pepys 1686-1689 The Earl of Carbery 1689-1690 The Earl of Pembroke 1690-1695 Robert Southwell 1695-1698 The Earl of Halifax 1698-1703 The Lord Somers 1703-1727 Sir Isaac Newton 1727-1741 Sir Hans Sloane 1741-1752 Martin Folkes 1752-1764 The Earl of Macclesfield 1764-1768 The Earl of Morton 1768-1768 James Burrow 1768-1772 James West 1772-1778 Sir John Pringle 1778-1820 Sir Joseph Banks 1820-1820 William Hyde Wollaston 1820-1827 Sir Humphry Davy 1827-1830 Davies Gilbert 1830-1838 HRH The Duke of Sussex 1838-1848 The Marquess of Northampton 1848-1854 The Earl of Rosse 1854-1858 The Lord Wrottesley 1858-1861 Benjamin Collins Brodie 1861-1871 Sir Edward Sabine 1871-1873 Sir George Biddell Airy 1873-1878 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker 1878-1883 William Spottiswoode 1883-1885 Thomas Henry Huxley 1885-1890 Sir George Gabriel Stokes 1890-1895 The Lord Kelvin 1895-1900 The Lord Lister 1900-1905 William Huggins 1905-1908 The Lord Rayleigh 1908-1913 Sir Archibald Geikie 1913-1915 Sir William Crookes 1915-1920 Sir Joseph John Thomson 1920-1925 Sir Charles Sherrington 1925-1930 The Lord Rutherford of Nelson 1930-1935 Sir Frederick Hopkins 1935-1940 Sir William Henry Bragg 1940-1945 Sir Henry Hallett Dale 1945-1950 Robert Robinson 1950-1955 Edgar Douglas Adrian 1955-1960 Cyril Norman Hinshelwood 1960-1965 Howard Florey 1965-1970 The Lord Blackett 1970-1975 Sir Alan Hodgkin 1975-1980 The Lord Todd 1980-1985 Sir Andrew Huxley 1985-1990 Sir George Porter 1990-1995 Sir Michael Atiyah 1995-2000 Sir Aaron Klug 2000- The Lord May of Oxford Sir Martin John Rees has recently been nominated to take over when The Lord May of Oxford completes his term in November 2005.
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