About 8,000 fellows have been elected to the

Royal Society of London The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, r ...

since its inception in 1660. Below is a list of people who are or were

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or Foreign Member of the Royal Society. The date of election to the fellowship follows the name. Dates in brackets relate to an award or event associated with the person. The Society maintains a complete online list.Royal society list
, This list is complete up to and including part of 2014. This list is complete up to and including 2019.

List of fellows

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Foreign members

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References

External links

The Royal Society
website
Complete List of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007
in pdf format
Fellows index
of MacTutor History of Mathematics {{Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal Society Lists of fellows of the Royal Society