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1 Q529 Louis Pasteur French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895) 1874 en:For his researches on fermentation and on pelerine.
2 Q680 Alessandro Volta Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827) 1794 en:For his several Communications explanatory of certain Experiments published by Professor Galvani.
3 Q937 Albert Einstein German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955) 1925 en:For his theory of relativity and his contributions to the quantum theory.
4 Q1035 Charles Darwin English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882) 1864 en:For his important researches in geology, zoology, and botanical physiology.
5 Q1585 Georg Simon Ohm German physicist and mathematician 1841 en:For his researches into the laws of electric currents contained in various memoirs published in Schweiggers Journal, Poggendorffs Annalen and in a separate work entitled Diegalvanische Kette mathematisch bearbeitet.
6 Q4517 Bernard Katz German-British biophysicist (1911–2003) 1967 en:In recognition of his distinguished contributions to knowledge of the fundamental processes involved in transmission across the neuromuscular junction.
7 Q5333 Charles Lyell British geologist (1797–1875) 1858 en:For his various researches and writings by which he has contributed to the advance of geology.
8 Q6694 Alexander von Humboldt Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859) 1852 en:For his eminent services in terrestrial physics, during a series of years.
9 Q6722 Carl Friedrich Gauss German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855) 1838 en:For his inventions and mathematical researches in magnetism.
10 Q7085 Niels Bohr Danish physicist (1885–1962) 1938 en:In recognition of his distinguished work in the development of the quantum theory of atomic structure.
11 Q7324 James Cook British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779) 1776 en:For his Paper, giving an account of the method he had taken to preserve the health of the crew of H.M. Ship the Resolution, during her late voyage round the world. Whose communication to the Society was of such importance to the public.
12 Q7487 Dorothy Hodgkin British chemist 1976 en:In recognition of her outstanding work on the structures of complex molecules, particularly Penicillin, vitamin B12 and insulin.
13 Q8750 Michael Faraday Scientist 1832
1838
en:For his discovery of Magneto-Electricity as detailed in his Experimental Researches in Electricity, published in the Philosophical Transactions for the present year.
en:For his researches in specific electrical induction.
14 Q8962 James Prescott Joule English physicist and brewer (1818-1889) 1870 en:For his experimental researches on the dynamical theory of heat.
15 Q9021 Max Planck German theoretical physicist (1858-1947) 1929 en:For his contributions to theoretical physics and especially as the originator of the quantum theory.
16 Q9106 Dmitri Mendeleev Russian chemist 1905 en:For his contributions to chemical and physical science.
17 Q9123 Ernest Rutherford New Zealand physicist (1871–1937) 1922 en:For his researches in radio activity & atomic structure
18 Q14277 William Herschel German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822) 1781 en:For the Communication of his Discovery of a new and singular Star; a discovery which does him particular honour, as, in all probability, this start has been for many years, perhaps ages, within the bounds of astronomic vision, and yet till now, eluded the
19 Q14278 John Frederick William Herschel English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (*1792 – †1871) 1821
1847
en:For his Papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
en:For his work entitled Results of Astronomical Observations made during the years 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838, at the Cape of Good Hope; being a completion of a telescopic survey of the whole surface of the visible heavens, commenced in 1825
20 Q15462 William Hamilton Scottish diplomat, antiquarian, archaeologist and vulcanologist (1730-1803) 1770 en:For his Paper, entitled, An Account of a Journey to Mount Etna.
21 Q16571 Justus von Liebig German chemist (1803-1873) 1840 en:For his discoveries in organic chemistry, and particularly for his development of the composition and theory of organic radicals.
22 Q17714 Stephen Hawking British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018) 2006 en:For his outstanding contribution to theoretical physics and theoretical cosmology.
23 Q18425 Marcellin Berthelot French chemist and politician (1827-1907) 1900 en:For his brilliant services to chemical science.
24 Q20015 John Couch Adams English mathematician and astronomer (1819–1892) 1848 en:For his investigations relative to the disturbances of Uranus, and for his application of the inverse problem of perturbations thereto.
25 Q20018 George Biddell Airy English mathematician and astronomer (*1801 – †1892) 1831 en:For his Papers, On the principle of the construction of the Achromatic Eye-pieces of Telescopes, - On the Spherical Aberration of the Eye-pieces of Telescopes, and for other Papers on Optical Subjects in the Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Soc
26 Q25320 Paul Langevin French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue (1872-1946) 1940 en:For his pioneer work on the electron theory of magnetism, his fundamental contributions to discharge of electricity in gases, and his important work in many branches of theoretical physics.
27 Q28189 Abdus Salam theoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient 1990 en:In recognition of his work on the symmetries of the laws of nature, and especially the unification of the electromagnetic and weak forces.
28 Q30693 Rudolf Clausius German mathematical physicist and professor (1822-1888) 1879 en:For his well-known researches upon heat.
29 Q34969 Benjamin Franklin American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, Founding Father (1706–1790) 1753 en:On account of his curious Experiments and Observations on Electricity.
30 Q41688 Hendrik Lorentz Dutch physicist (1853–1928) 1918 en:On the ground of his distinguished researches in mathematical physics.
31 Q42985 Ivan Pavlov Russian physiologist (1849-1936) 1915 en:On the ground of his investigations in the physiology of digestion and of the higher centres of the nervous system.
32 Q44412 Hans Christian Ørsted Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851) 1836 en:For his Electro-magnetic Discoveries.
33 Q44645 Benjamin Thompson American-born British physicist and inventor 1792 en:For his various Papers on the Properties and Communication of Heat.
34 Q47285 J. J. Thomson British physicist (1856-1940) 1914 en:On the ground of his discoveries in physical science
35 Q47480 Paul Dirac British theoretical physicist (1902–1984) 1952 en:In recognition of his remarkable contributions to relativistic dynamics of a particle in quantum mechanics.
36 Q48986 Cyril Norman Hinshelwood English physical chemist (1897-1967) 1962 en:In recognition of his distinguished researches in the field of chemical kinetics, including the study of biological reaction mechanisms, and of his outstanding contributions to natural philosophy.
37 Q49351 Robert Robinson English chemist (1886-1975) 1942 en:For his research work of outstanding originality and brilliance which has influenced the whole field of organic chemistry.
38 Q57103 Karl Weierstraß German mathematician (1815-1897) 1895 en:For his investigations in pure mathematics.
39 Q57171 Robert Mayer German physicist (1814-1878) 1871 en:For his researches on the mechanics of heat; including essays on: - 1. The force of inorganic nature. 2. Organic motion in connection with nutrition. 3. Fever. 4. Celestial dynamics. 5. The mechanical equivalent of heat.
40 Q57190 Karl Ernst von Baer Baltic-German scientist (1792-1876) 1867 en:For his discoveries in embryology and comparative anatomy, and for his contributions to the philosophy of zoology.
41 Q57191 Hans Krebs German-British biochemist (1900-1981) 1961 en:In recognition of his distinguished contributions to biochemistry, in particular his work on the ornithine, tricarboxylic acid and glyoxylate cycles.
42 Q57561 Julius Plücker German mathematician and physicist (1801-1868) 1866 en:For his researches in analytical geometry, magnetism, & spectral analysis.
43 Q57992 Johannes Peter Müller German physiologist, comparative anatomist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist (1801-1858) 1854
44 Q58575 Friedrich Wöhler German chemist (1800-1882) 1872 en:For his numerous contributions to the science of chemistry, and more especially for his researches on the products of the decomposition of cyanogens by ammonia; on the derivatives of uric acid; on the benzoyl series; on boron, silicon, & their compounds;
45 Q60024 Hermann von Helmholtz German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894) 1873 en:For his researches in physics and physiology.
46 Q61300 Carl Gegenbaur German scientist (1826–1903) 1896 en:For his life-long researches in comparative anatomy in all branches of the animal kingdom. etc., etc.
47 Q61697 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove German scientist 1853 en:For his work on the distribution of heat over the surface of the Earth.
48 Q61735 Rudolf Peierls German-born British physicist 1986 en:In recognition of his fundamental contributions to a very wide range of theoretical physics, and signal advances in proposing the probable existence of nuclear chain reactions in fissile materials.
49 Q61749 Peter Andreas Hansen German astronomer (1795-1874) 1850 en:For his researches in physical astronomy.
50 Q61774 Franz Ernst Neumann German physicist and mineralogist (1798-1895) 1887 en:For his researches in theoretical optics and electro-dynamics.
51 Q61975 Carl Ludwig German physiologist 1884 en:For his investigations in physiology, and the great services which he has rendered to physiological science.
52 Q71031 Robert Bunsensen German chemist (1811-1899) 1860 en:For his researches on cacodyls, gaseous analysis, the volcanic phenomena of Iceland; and other researches.
53 Q72194 Henry Hallett Dale English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate 1937 en:In recognition of his important contributions to physiology and pharmacology, particularly in relation to the nervous and neuro-muscular systems.
54 Q76360 August Wilhelm von Hofmann German chemist (1818-1892) 1875 en:For his numerous contributions to the science of chemistry, and especially for his researches on the derivatives of ammonia.
55 Q76432 Rudolf Virchow ,hola nose que esta pasando asi que dire que ¿Wikipedia deja editar esto? German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902) 1892 en:For his investigations in pathology, pathological anatomy, and prehistoric archaeology.
56 Q76641 Felix Klein German mathematician, author of the Erlangen Program (1849-1925) 1912 en:On the ground of his researches in mathematics
57 Q76707 Wilhelm Eduard Weber German physicist 1859 en:For the investigations contained in his Maasbestimmungen and other researches in electricity, magnetism, acoustics, &c.
58 Q76745 Theodor Schwann German physiologist 1845 en:For his physiological researches on the development of animal & vegetable textures, published in his work entitled Mikroskopische Untersuchungen uber die Uebereinstimmung in der Struktur u. dem Wachsthun der Thiese u. Bflanzen.
59 Q76784 August Kekulé German organic chemist 1885 en:For his researches in organic chemistry.
60 Q76951 George de Hevesy Hungarian chemist (1885–1966) 1949 en:For his distinguished work on the chemistry of radioactive elements and especially for his development of the radioactive tracer techniques in the investigation of biological processes.
61 Q78480 Max Perutz Austrian-born British molecular biologist (1914-2002) 1979 en:In recognition of his distinguished contributions to molecular biology through his own studies of the structure and biological activity of haemoglobin and his leadership in the development of the subject.
62 Q80884 James Chadwick English physicist (1891-1974), who discovered the neutron in 1932 1950 en:For his outstanding work in nuclear physics and in the development of atomic energy, especially for his discovery of the neutron.
63 Q81218 John Gurdon British developmental biologist 2003 en:For his unique range of groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of cell and developmental biology. He pioneered the concept that specialised cells are genetically equivalent and that they differ only in the genes they express not the genes they contain,
64 Q83297 John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh English physicist (1842–1919) 1899 en:In recognition of his contributions to physical science.
65 Q83333 James D. Watson American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928) 1993 en:In recognition of his tireless pursuit of DNA, from the elucidation of its structure to the social and medical implications of the sequencing of the human genome.
66 Q102419 Derek Barton English organic chemist 1980 en:In recognition of his distinguished contributions to a wide range of problems in structural and synthetic organic chemistry and , in particular, his introduction of conformational analysis into stereochemistry.
67 Q104104 Andre Geim Russian-born Dutch-British physicist 2013 en:For his numerous scientific contributions and, in particular, for initiating research on two‐dimensional atomic crystals and their artificial heterostructures.
68 Q104154 Urbain Le Verrier French astronomer (1811-1877) 1846 en:For his investigations relative to the disturbances of Uranus by which he proved the existence and predicted the place of the new Planet; the Council considering such prediction confirmed as it was by the immediate discovery of the Planet to be one of the
69 Q104607 Andrew Huxley English physiologist and biophysicist 1973 en:In recognition of his outstanding studies on the mechanisms of the nerve impulse and of activation of muscular contraction.
70 Q106762 George Porter British chemist (1920–2002) 1992 en:In recognition of his contributions to fundamental understanding of fast photochemical and photophysical processes and their role in chemistry and biology.
71 Q115490 Tadeusz Reichstein Polish-Swiss chemist (1897-1996) 1968 en:In recognition of his distinguished work on the chemistry of vitamin C and his authoritative studies of the cortico-steroids.
72 Q115810 Abraham Trembley Genevan naturalist (1710-1784) 1743 en:For his Experiments on the Polypus.
73 Q122701 William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin British physicist and engineer (1824–1907) 1883 en:For (1) his discovery of the law of the universal dissipation of energy; (2) his researches and eminent services in physics, both experimental & mathematical, especially in the theory of electricity and thermodynamics.
74 Q122972 Louis Agassiz Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873) 1861 en:For his eminent researches in palaeontology and other branches of science, and particularly for his great works the Poissons Fossiles, and his Poissons du Vieux Gres Rouge dEcosse.
75 Q123280 Francis Crick British molecular biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist; co-discoverer of the structure of DNA 1975 en:In recognition of his elucidation of the structure of DNA and his continuing contribution to molecular biology.
76 Q123485 Jacques Charles François Sturm French mathematician (1803–1855) 1840 en:For his "Memoire sur la Resolution des Equations Numeriques," published in the Memoires des Savans Etrangers for 1835.
77 Q123528 Albert von Kölliker Swiss anatomist, physiologist (1817–1905) 1897 en:In recognition of his important work in embryology, comparative anatomy, and physiology, and especially for his eminence as a histologist.
78 Q123670 Jean-André Deluc Swiss geologist and meteorologist (1727–1817) 1791 en:For his Improvements in Hygrometry.
79 Q127234 Albert A. Michelson Polish physicist 1907 en:On the ground of his investigations in optics
80 Q128759 Stanislao Cannizzaro Italian chemist (1826-1910) 1891 en:For his contributions to chemical philosophy especially for his application of Avogadros theory.
81 Q131729 William Lawrence Bragg Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer 1966 en:In recognition of his distinguished contributions to the development of methods of structural determination by X-ray diffraction.
82 Q131733 Henry Cavendish British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist 1766 en:For his Paper communicated this present year, containing his Experiments relating to Fixed Air.
83 Q131761 Humphry Davy British chemist 1805 en:For his various Communications published in the Philosophical Transactions.
84 Q133747 William Henry Bragg British scientist (1862–1942) 1930 en:For his distinguished contributions to crystallography and radioactivity.
85 Q135154 John Cornforth Australian-British chemist 1982 en:In recognition of his distinguished research on the stereochemically-controlled synthesis and biosynthesis of biologically important molecules.
86 Q137106 Howard Florey Australian pathologist (1898-1968) 1957 en:In recognition of his distinguished contributions to experimental pathology and medicine.
87 Q148109 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Indian-American astrophysicist 1984 en:In recognition of his distinguished work on theoretical physics, including stellar structure, theory of radiation, hydrodynamic stability and relativity.
88 Q150910 Charles Algernon Parsons inventor of the steam turbine (1854-1931) 1928 en:For his contributions to engineering science.
89 Q151556 Richard Owen English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892) 1851 en:On account of his important discoveries in comparative anatomy & palaeontology, contained in the Philosophical Transactions and numerous other works.
90 Q151564 Frederick Sanger British biochemist 1977 en:In recognition of his distinguished work on the chemical structure of proteins and his studies on the sequences of nucleic acids.
91 Q151911 Jöns Jacob Berzelius Swedish chemist (1779–1848) 1836 en:For his systematic application of the doctrine of definite proportions to the analysis of mineral bodies, as contained in his Nouveau Systeme de Mineralogie, and in other of his works.
92 Q153243 Josiah Willard Gibbs American scientist (1839–1903) 1901 en:For his contributions to mathematical physics.
93 Q154353 François Arago French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician (1786-1853) 1825 en:For the Discovery of the Magnetic Properties of substances not containing Iron. For the Discovery of the power of various bodies, principally metallic, to receive magnetic impressions, in the same, though in a more evanescent manner than malleable Iron, a
94 Q155375 Archibald Hill English physiologist and biophysicist (1886-1977) 1948 en:For his distinguished researches on myothermal problems and on biophysical phenomena in nerve and other tissues.
95 Q155525 César Milstein Argentine biochemist 1989 en:In recognition of his outstanding contributions to immunology, in particular to the discovery of monoclonal antibodies and to the understanding of the role of somatic mutations in the maturation of the immune response.
96 Q155764 Robert Brown Scottish botanist (1773-1858), discoverer of the cell nucleus and of Brownian Motion 1839 en:For his discoveries during a series of years, on the subject of vegetable impregnation.
97 Q155768 Joseph Lister British surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912) 1902 en:In recognition of the value of his physiological and pathological researches in regard to their influence on the modern practice of surgery.
98 Q155907 Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet Irish mathematician and physicist (1819–1903) 1893 en:For his researches and discoveries in physical science.
99 Q156941 Eduard Suess Austrian geologist (1831-1914) 1903 en:For his eminent geological services, & especially for the original researches & conclusions published in his great work "Das Antlitz der Erde".
100 Q156942 Charles Wheatstone British physicist (1802-1875) 1868 en:For his researches in acoustics, optics, electricity and magnetism.
101 Q157242 Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd British biochemist (1907-1997) 1970 en:In recognition of his outstanding contributions to both the analytical and synthetic chemistry of natural products of diverse types.
102 Q157250 Harry Kroto British chemist (1939-2016) 2004 en:In recognition of his seminal contributions to understanding the fundamental dynamics of carbon chain molecules, leading to the detection of these species (polyynes) in the interstellar medium by radioastronomy, and thence to the genesis of a new era in c
103 Q157501 Joseph Dalton Hooker British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911) 1887 en:For his services to botanical science as an investigator, author, and traveller.
104 Q159430 Arthur Cayley English mathematician (1821-1895) 1882 en:For his numerous profound and comprehensive researches in pure mathematics.
105 Q159636 Joseph Priestley English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist (1733–1804) 1772 en:On account of the many curious and useful Experiments contained in his observations on different kinds of Air, read at the Society in March, 1772, and printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
106 Q160627 cómo red Russel Wallace British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913) 1908-11-30 en:On the ground of the great value of his numerous contributions to natural history, and of the part he took in working out the theory of the origin of species by natural selection.
107 Q160681 William Huggins British astronomer (1824–1910) 1898 en:For his researches in spectrum analysis applied to the heavenly bodies.
108 Q162900 Charles Thomson Rees Wilson Scottish physicist and meteorologist (1869-1959) 1935 en:For his work on the use of clouds in advancing our knowledge of atoms and their properties.
109 Q164401 Simon Newcomb American astronomer (1835-1909) 1890 en:For his contributions to the progress of gravitational astronomy.
110 Q164824 Jean-Baptiste Dumas French chemist (1800–1884) 1843 en:For his late valuable researches in organic chemistry, particularly those contained in a series of memoirs on chemical types and the doctrine of substitution, and also for his elaborate investigations of the atomic weights of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nit
111 Q168468 David Brewster British astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868) 1815 en:For his Paper on the Polarization of Light by Reflection from Transparent Bodies.
112 Q172254 Élie Metchnikoff Russian-French immunologist, embryologist, biologist 1906 en:On the ground of the importance of his work in zoology and in pathology.
113 Q177681 Thomas Hunt Morgan American biologist (1866–1945) 1939 en:For his establishment of the modern science of genetics which had revolutionized our understanding, not only of heredity, but of the mechanism and nature of evolution.
114 Q182915 William Henry British chemist who formulated the law on the solubility of gases into liquids 1808 en:For his various papers communicated to the society, and printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
115 Q184337 G.H. Hardy British mathematician (1877–1947) 1947 en:For his distinguished part in the development of mathematical analysis in England during the last thirty years.
116 Q184366 Thomas Henry Huxley British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895) 1888 en:For his investigations on the morphology and histology of vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and for his services to biological science in general during many past years.
117 Q184433 Andrew Wiles English mathematician (1953–) 2017 en:For his beautiful and unexpected proof of Fermat's Last Theorem which is one of the most important mathematical achievements of the 20th century
118 Q184499 Patrick Blackett British physicist (1897–1974) 1956 en:In recognition of his outstanding studies of cosmic ray showers and heavy mesons and in the field of palaeomagnetism.
119 Q187966 Léon Foucault French physicist 1855 en:For his various researches in experimental physics.1854 Johannes Muller. For his important contributions to different branches of physiology and comparative anatomy, and particularly for his researches on the embryology of the Echinodermata, contained in
120 Q188929 Arthur Evans British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941) 1936 en:In recognition of his pioneer work in Crete, particularly his contributions to the history and civilization of its Minoan age.
121 Q189485 Nevill Francis Mott English physicist, Nobel prize winner 1972 en:In recognition of his original contributions over a long period to atomic and solid state physics.
122 Q189552 William Crookes British chemist and physicist (1832-1919) 1904 en:For his long-continued researches in spectroscopic chemistry, on electrical & mechanical phenomena in highly-rarefied gases, on radio-active phenomena, and other subjects.
123 Q190626 Aaron Klug British chemist and biophysicist 1985 en:In recognition of his outstanding contributions to our understanding of complex biological structures and the methods used for determining them.
124 Q190772 Siméon Denis Poisson French mathematician, mechanician and physicist (1781–1840) 1832 en:For his work entitled, Nouvelle Theorie de lAction Capillaire.
125 Q191026 Francis Galton English geographer, statistician, eugenicist (1822-1911) 1910 en:On the ground of his researches in heredity.
126 Q192112 Peter Higgs British physicist and Nobel Prize winner (1929–2024) 2015 en:For his fundamental contribution to particle physics with his theory explaining the origin of mass in elementary particles, confirmed by the experiments at the Large Hadron Collider.
127 Q193550 Frank Macfarlane Burnet Australian virologist (1899-1985) 1959 en:In recognition of his distinguished contributions to knowledge of viruses and of immunology.
128 Q193650 Alan Lloyd Hodgkin physiologist and biophysicist (1914-1998) 1965 en:In recognition of his discovery of the mechanism of excitation and impulse conduction in nerve, and his outstanding leadership in the development of neurophysiology.
129 Q193803 Roger Penrose English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher 2008 en:For his beautiful and original insights into many areas of mathematics and mathematical physics. Sir Roger has made outstanding contributions to general relativity theory and cosmology, most notably for his work on black holes and the Big Bang.
130 Q201803 Benjamin Robins British engineer 1746 en:On account of his curious Experiments for showing the resistance of the Air, and his rules for establishing his doctrine thereon for the motion of Projectiles.
131 Q207719 Martin Evans English developmental biologist 2009 en:For his seminal work on embryonic stem cells in mice, which revolutionised the field of genetics.
132 Q207992 Peter D. Mitchell British biochemist (1920-1992) 1981
133 Q208230 Claude Bernard French physiologist (1813-1878) 1876 en:For his numerous contributions to the science of physiology.
134 Q208356 Michael Atiyah British mathematician 1988 en:In recognition of his fundamental contributions to a wide range of topics in geometry, topology, analysis and theoretical physics.
135 Q213504 Charles Scott Sherrington English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952) 1927 en:For his distinguished work on neurology.
136 Q214209 Peter Medawar English-brazilian biologist (1915–1987) 1969 en:In recognition of his distinguished studies of tissue transplantation and immunological tolerance.
137 Q216723 Ronald Fisher British statistician, evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1890–1962) 1955 en:In recognition of his numerous and distinguished contributions to developing the theory and application of statistics for making quantitative a vast field of biology.
138 Q219716 Paul Nurse Nobel prize winning British biochemist 2005 en:For his contributions to cell biology in general, and to the elucidation of the control of cell division.
139 Q231292 Edgar Douglas Adrian English electrophysiologist (1889-1977) 1946 en:For his distinguished researches on the fundamental nature of nervous activity, and recently on the localization of certain nervous functions.
140 Q232316 Robert Burns Woodward American chemist 1978 en:In recognition of his masterly contributions to the synthesis of complex natural products and his discovery of the importance of orbital symmetry.
141 Q233973 John Pople Nobel prize winning British chemist (1925-2004) 2002 en:For his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry. His work transformed density functional theory into a powerful theoretical tool for chemistry, chemical physics and biology.
142 Q233974 Jocelyn Bell Burnell British astrophysicist (born 1943) 2021
143 Q233976 Frederick Hopkins English biochemist 1926 en:For his distinguished and fruitful work in biochemistry.
144 Q234463 Sydney Brenner South African biologist, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002 1991 en:In recognition of his many contributions to molecular genetics and developmental biology, and his recent role in the Human Genome mapping project.
145 Q235184 John E. Walker British chemist 2012 en:For his ground-breaking work on bioenergetics, discovering the mechanism of ATP synthesis in the mitochondrion.
146 Q253133 Jacques Miller French-Australian research scientist 2001 en:For his work on the immunological function of the thymus and of T cells, which has revolutionised the science of immunology. Professor Millers work is paving the way for designing new methods to improve resistance to infections, producing new vaccines, en
147 Q257668 George Edwards English naturalist and ornithologist 1750 en:On account of a very curious Book lately published by him, and intiyled, A Natural History of Birds, &c. - containing the Figures elegantly drawn, and illuminated in their proper colours, of 209 different Birds, and about 20 very rare Quadrupeds, Serpents
148 Q262827 Thomas Lewis British cardiologist 1941 en:For his clinical and experimental investigations upon the mammalian heart.
149 Q271651 Michel Eugène Chevreul French chemist (1786-1889) 1857 en:For his researches in organic chemistry, particularly on the composition of the fats, andf for his researches on the contrast of coulours.
150 Q277579 James Dewar Scottish chemist and physicist (1842–1923) 1916 en:For his important investigations in physical chemistry, more especially his researches on the liquefaction of gases.
151 Q280250 Carlo Matteucci Italian politician and physicist (1811–1868) 1844 en:or his various researches in animal electricity
152 Q286440 Pierre-Paul Émile Roux French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist 1917 en:On the ground of his eminence as a bacteriologist, and as a pioneer in serum therapy.
153 Q295700 Rodney Robert Porter English biochemist and Nobel laureate (1917-1985) 1983 en:In recognition of his elucidation of the structure of immunoglobulins and of the reactions involved in activating the complement system of proteins.
154 Q310781 James Joseph Sylvester English mathematician (1814-1897) 1880 en:For his long continued investigations & discoveries in mathematics.
155 Q311115 Henri Victor Regnault French physicist 1869 en:For the second volume of his Relation des Experiences pour determiner les lois et les donnees physiques necessaries au calcul des machines a feu, including his elaborate investigations on the specific heat of gases and vapours, and various papers on the e
156 Q311223 Edward Sabine British Army general (1788-1883) 1821 en:For his various Communications to the Royal Society relating to his researches made in the late Expedition to the Arctic Regions.
157 Q312017 Stephen Hales British scientist (1677-1761) 1739 en:For his Experiments towards the Discovery of Medicines for dissolving the Stone; and Preservatives for keeping Meat in long voyages at Sea
158 Q312278 James Bradley English astronomer; Astronomer Royal 1748 en:On account of his very curious and wonderful discoveries in the apparent motion of the Fixed Stars, and the causes of such apparent motion.
159 Q312288 George Ellery Hale American solar astronomer 1932 en:For his distinguished work on the solar magnetic phenomena and for his eminence as a scientific engineer, especially in connexion with Mount Wilson Observatory.
160 Q312389 William Buckland English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856) 1822 en:For his Paper on the Fossil Teeth and Bones discovered in a Cave at Kirkdale.
161 Q312975 William Hyde Wollaston English chemist and physicist (1766–1828) 1802 en:For his various Papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
162 Q314335 John Harrison British clockmaker, horologist and inventor of the marine chronometer 1749 en:On account of those very curious Instruments, invented and made by him, for the exact mensuration of Time.
163 Q315129 Oswald Avery Canadian-born American physician and medical researcher 1945 en:For his success in introducing chemical methods in the study of immunity against infective diseases.
164 Q315197 Stephen Gray British astronomer 1731
1732
en:For his new Electrical Experiments: - as an encouragement to him for the readiness he has always shown in obliging the Society with his discoveries and improvements in this part of Natural Knowledge.
en:For the Experiments he made for the year 1732.
165 Q315366 James Dwight Dana American mineralogist , scientist and zoologist (1813-1895) 1877 en:For his biological, geological, and mineralogical investigations, carried on through half a century, and for the valuable works in which his conclusions and discoveries have been published.
166 Q315752 John Frederic Daniell English chemist and physicist 1837
167 Q318004 Antoine César Becquerel French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878) 1837 en:Becquerel; John Frederic Daniell. For his various memoirs on the subject of electricity, published in the Memoires deacademie Royale des Sciences de lInstitut de France, and particularly for those on the production of crystals of metallic sulphurets and o
168 Q318067 Michel Chasles French mathematician (*1793 – †1880) 1865 en:For his historical and original researches in pure geometry.
169 Q323028 Edward Waring English mathematician 1784 en:For his Mathematical Communications to the Society. For his Paper On the Summation of Series, whose general term is a determinate function of z the distance from the first term of the series.
170 Q323207 John Maynard Smith British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist (1920-2004) 1999 en:In recognition of his seminal contributions to evolutionary biology, including his experimental work on sexual selection, his important contributions to our understanding of ageing, his introduction of game theoretical methods for the analysis of complex
171 Q325016 George Howard Darwin English astronomer, mathematician (*1845 – †1912) 1911 en:On the ground of his researches on tidal theory, the figures of the planets, and allied subjects.
172 Q333762 Thomas Graham British chemist (1805–1869) 1862 en:For three memoirs of the diffusion of liquids, published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1850 and 1851; for a memoir on osmotic force in the Philosophical Transactions for 1854; and particularly for a paper on liquid diffusion applied to analysis, i
173 Q336397 Robert May, Baron May of Oxford Australian scientist who has been Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government (1936-2020) 2007 en:For his seminal studies of interactions within and among biological populations that have reshaped our understanding of how species, communities and entire ecosystems respond to natural or human created disturbance.
174 Q350891 Adam Sedgwick English geologist (1785-1873) 1863 en:For his original observations and discoveries in the geology of the Palaeozoic Series of rocks, and more especially for his determination of the characters of the Devonian System, by observations of the order of superposition of the Killas rocks & their f
175 Q353426 John Edensor Littlewood English mathematician 1958 en:In recognition of his distinguished contributions to many branches of analysis, including Tauberian theory, the Riemann zeta function, and non-linear differential equations.
176 Q361386 Edward Frankland English chemist 1894 en:For his eminent services to theoretical & applied chemistry.
177 Q361900 Roderick Murchison, 1st Baronet British geologist (1792-1871) 1849 en:For the eminent services he has rendered to geological science during many years of active observation in several parts of Europe; and especially for the establishment of that classification of the older Palaeozoic deposits designated the Silurian System,
178 Q366051 Charles-Adolphe Wurtz French chemist (1817-1884) 1881 en:For his discovery of the organic ammonias, the glycols, and other investigations which have exercised considerable influence on the progress of chemistry.
179 Q370136 George William Hill American astronomer and mathematician (*1838 – †1914) 1909 en:On the ground of his researches in mathematical astronomy.
180 Q373799 Giovanni Plana Italian astronomer (1781-1864) 1834 en:For his work entitled, Theorie du Mouvement de la Lune.
181 Q375172 John Goodricke Dutch astronomer (1764-1786) 1783 en:For his discovery of the Period of the Variation of Light in the Star Algol.
182 Q377800 Smithson Tennant British chemist (1761-1815) 1804 en:For his various Chemical Discoveries communicated to the Society, and printed in several volumes of the Philosophical Transactions.
183 Q377985 Joseph Barcroft Physiologist, studied the oxygenation of blood 1943 en:For his distinguished work on respiration and the respiratory function of the blood.
184 Q378065 Charles Hatchett British chemist 1798 en:For his Chemical Communications printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
185 Q379999 Harold Jeffreys British geophysicist and statistician 1960 en:In recognition of his distinguished work in many branches of geophysics, and also in the theory of probability and astronomy.
186 Q385803 Robin Hill British biochemist (1899-1991) 1987 en:In recognition of his pioneering contributions to the understanding of the nature and mechanism of the main pathway of electron transport in photosynthesis.
187 Q390352 Peter Barlow British mathematician and physicist 1825 en:For his various Communications on the subject of Magnetism.
188 Q427418 Theobald Smith American epidemiologist 1933 en:For his original research and observation on diseases of animals and man.
189 Q441174 George Atwood English mathematician 1796 en:For his Paper on the construction and analysis of geometrical propositions determining the positions assumed by homogeneal bodies which float freely, and at rest; and also determining the Stability of Ships and other floating bodies.
190 Q450757 Nevil Maskelyne fifth Astronomer Royal (*1765 – †1811) 1775 en:In consideration of his curious and laborious Observations on the Attraction of Mountains, made in Scotland, - on Schehallien.
191 Q460922 John Smeaton English engineer (1724-1792) 1759 en:On account of his curious Experiments concerning Water-wheels and Wind-mill Sails, communicated to the Society. For his experimental enquiry concerning the powers of water and wind in the moving of Mills
192 Q462269 William Watson English physician and scientist (1715–1787) 1745 en:On account of the surprising discoveries in the phenomena of Electricity, exhibited in his late Experiments.
193 Q464935 David Cox English statistician 2010 en:For his seminal contributions to the theory and applications of statistics
194 Q471703 Edward Delaval British scientist 1766 en:For his Experiments and Observations on the agreement between the specific gravities of the several Metals, and their colours when united to glass, as well as those of their other preparations.
195 Q497656 James Ivory Scottish mathematician 1814 en:For his various Mathematical Contributions printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
196 Q503318 Jean-Baptiste Boussingault French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy 1878 en:For his long-continued and important researches and discoveries in agricultural chemistry.
197 Q505173 Henri Milne-Edwards French zoologist (1800-1885) 1856 en:For his researches in comparative anatomy and zoology.
198 Q505186 John Dollond English optician, known for his achromatic doublets 1758 en:On account of his curious Experiments and Discoveries concerning the different refrangibility of the Rays of Light, communicated to the Society.
199 Q505981 John Hunter Scottish surgeon (1728-1793) 1787 en:For his three Papers, - On the Ovaria, On the identity of the dog, wolf, and jackall species, and On the anatomy of Whales, printed in the Philosophical Transactions for 1787.
200 Q511916 Alec Jeffreys British geneticist 2014-08-05 en:For his numerous scie+A1:H277ntific contributions and, in particular, for initiating research on two‐dimensional atomic crystals and their artificial heterostructures.
201 Q526816 John Walsh scientist and politician from England born in 1726 1773 en:For his Paper on the Torpedo
202 Q536500 Joseph Larmor Irish physicist and mathematician (1857-1942) 1921 en:For his researches in mathematical physics.
203 Q537479 Alan Fersht British chemist 2020-08-04 en:He has developed and applied the methods of protein engineering to provide descriptions of protein folding pathways at atomic resolution, revolutionising our understanding of these processes.
204 Q550798 John Canton British physicist 1751
1764
en:For his very ingenious and elegent Experiments in the Air Pump and Condensing Engine, to prove the Compressibility of Water, and some other Fluids.
205 Q559029 John Scott Haldane British physiologist 1934 en:In recognition of his discoveries in human physiology and of their application to medicine, mining, diving and engineering.
206 Q594936 William Bayliss British physiologist 1919 en:On the ground of his researches in general physiology & biophysics.
207 Q658008 John Theophilus Desaguliers French-born British natural philosopher and clergyman 1734
1736
1741
en:For his experiments made during the year.
en:In consideration of his several Experiments performed before the Society
en:For his Experiments towards the discovery of the properties of Electricity. As an addition to his allowance (as Curator) for the present year.
208 Q686218 John Huxham English surgeon; (1672-1768) 1755 en:For his many useful Experiments on Antimony, of which an account had been read to the Society.
209 Q693204 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet British surgeon 1811 en:For his Papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions. On the influence of the Brain on the action of the Heart, and the generation of Animal Heat; and on the different modes in which death is brought on by certain Vegetable Poisons.
210 Q699541 Geoffrey Ingram Taylor British mathematician and physicist (1886-1975) 1944 en:For his many contributions to aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and the structure of metals, which have had a profound influence on the advance of physical science and its applications.
211 Q704696 Ray Lankester British zoologist (1847-1929) 1913 en:On the ground of the high scientific value of the researches in zoology carried out by him.
212 Q711256 Sydney Chapman British mathematician and geophysicist (1888–1970) 1964 en:In recognition of his theoretical contributions to terrestrial and interplanetary magnetism, the ionosphere and the aurora borealis.
213 Q711452 Arthur Schuster Anglo-German physicist (1851-1934) 1931 en:For his distinguished researches in optics and terrestrial magnetism.
214 Q714609 Frank Fenner Australian virologist 1995 en:In recognition of his contribution to animal virology with special emphasis on the pox and myxomatosis viruses and their relationship with the host in causing disease.
215 Q726736 Charles Hutton English mathematician 1778 en:For his paper, entitled, The force of Fired Gunpowder, and the initial velocity of Cannon Balls, determined by Experiments.
216 Q728463 Alan Cottrell British metallurgist and physicist (1919-2012) 1996 en:In recognition of his contribution to the understanding of mechanical properties of materials and related topics through his pioneering studies on crystal plasticity, dislocation impurity interactions, fracture and irradiation effects.
217 Q742464 John Pond British astronomer 1823 en:For his various Communications to the Royal Society.
218 Q749557 Astley Cooper English surgeon and anatomist 1801 en:For his Papers - on the effects which take place from the destruction of the Membrana Tympani of the Ear; with an account of an operation for the removal of a particular species of Deafness.
219 Q763176 Robert Seppings Surveyor of the Royal Navy; British naval architect 1818 en:For his Papers on the construction of Ships of War, printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
220 Q775400 William Prout British chemist (1785-1850) 1827 en:For his Paper, entitled, On the ultimate Composition of simple alimentary substances, with some preliminary remarks on the analysis of organized bodies in general. (Prout); For his magnetic and other observations made during the Arctic expedition to Port
221 Q778582 James MacCullagh Irish mathematician 1842 en:For his researches connected with the wave theory of light, contained in the Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy.
222 Q817749 Benjamin Wilson British painter and scientist (1721-1788) 1760 en:For his many curious Experiments in Electricity, communicated to the Society within the year.
223 Q901070 Richard Kirwan Irish geologist and chemist (1733-1812) 1782 en:As a reward for the merit of his labours in the science of Chemistry. For his chemical analyses of Salts.
224 Q902340 Edward Charles Howard British chemist (1774-1816) 1800 en:For his Paper on a New Fulminating Mercury.
225 Q903240 Albert Kluyver Dutch botanist, microbiologist, and biochemist (1888-1956) 1953 en:For his distinguished contributions of a fundamental character to the science of microbiology.
226 Q903246 William Lewis English chemist and physician 1754 en:For the many Experiments made by him on Platina, which tend to the discovery of the sophistication of gold: - which he would have entirely completed, but was obliged to put a stop to his further enquiries for want of materials.
227 Q906529 John B. Goodenough American materials scientist (1922–2023) 2019
228 Q907583 Alan R. Battersby British chemist (1925-2018) 2000 en:In recognition of his pioneering work in elucidating the detailed biosynthetic pathways to all the major families of plant alkaloids. His approach, which stands as a paradigm for future biosynthetic studies on complex molecules, combines isolation work, s
229 Q909884 E. T. Whittaker British mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics, the theory of special functions, and the history of physics. (*1873 – †1956) 1954 en:For his distinguished contributions to both pure and applied mathematics and to theoretical physics.
230 Q909899 Peter Woulfe Irish chemist 1768 en:For his Experiments on the Distillation of Acids, Volatile Alkalies, and other substances.
231 Q928236 Henry Baker English naturalist (1698–1774) 1744 en:For his curious Experiments relating to the Crystallization or Configuration of the minute particles of Saline Bodies dissolved in a menstruum.
232 Q934747 John Ellis linen merchant, botanist and naturalist (1710-1776) 1767 en:For his Papers of the year 1767, On the animal nature of the Genus of Zoophytes called Corallina, and the Actinia Sociata, or Clustered Animal Flower, lately found on the sea coasts of the new-ceded Islands.
233 Q935307 Paul Fildes British pathologist and microbiologist 1963 en:In recognition of his pioneering contributions to bacteriology.
234 Q940986 Thomas Andrew Knight British botanist (1759-1838) 1806 en:For his various Papers on Vegetation, printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
235 Q944275 James Lighthill British applied mathematician (1924–1998) 1998 en:In recognition of his profound contributions to many fields within fluid mechanics including important aspects of the interaction of sound and fluid flow and numerous other contributions which have had practical applications in aircraft engine design. He
236 Q965945 James Rennell English geographer, historian and oceanographer (1742–1830) 1791 en:For his Paper on the Rate of Travelling as performed by Camels, printed in the last (81st) volume of the Philosophical Transactions.
237 Q969604 Everard Home British surgeon; (1756-1832) 1807 en:For his various Papers on Anatomy and Physiology, printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
238 Q977036 Frederick Charles Frank British physicist 1994 en:In recognition of his fundamental contribution to the theory of crystal morphology, in particular to the source of dislocations and their consequences in interfaces and crystal growth; to fundamental understanding of liquid crystals and the concept of dis
239 Q983374 George Salmon Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian (*1819 – †1904) 1889 en:For his various papers on subjects of pure mathematics, and for the valuable mathematical treatises of which he is the author.
240 Q999118 William Thomas Brande British chemist; succeeded Humphry Davy as Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, 1813.; (1788-1866) 1813 en:For his Communications concerning the Alcohol contained in Fermented Liquors and other Papers, printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
241 Q1063743 Charles Blagden British physician and scientist 1788 en:For his two Papers on Congelation, printed in the last (78th) volume of the Philosophical transactions.
242 Q1107900 Henry Kater British astronomer (1777-1835) 1817 en:For his Experiments on the Pendulum.
243 Q1107977 Samuel Vince British mathematician, astronomer and physicist 1780 en:For his paper, entitled, An investigation of the Principles of Progressive and Rotatory Motion, printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
244 Q1117138 Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer physiologist 1924 en:For the valuable work he has done in physiology and histology and the position he now occupies as a leader in these sciences.
245 Q1156260 Horace Tabberer Brown British chemist (1848-1925) 1920 en:On the ground of his work on the chemistry of carbohydrates, &c.
246 Q1159121 Armenio Peter British geophysicist (born 1942) 2011 en:For his seminal contributions to the understanding of geological and geophysical phenomena including tectonic plates.
247 Q1174949 David Keilin British entomologist 1951 en:For his fundamental researches in the fields of protozoology, entomology and the biochemistry of enzymes.
248 Q1231580 John Brinkley Bishop of Cloyne; Royal Astronomer of Ireland; Irish Anglican bishop and astronomer 1824 en:For his various Communications to the Royal Society.
249 Q1242490 Gowin Knight British physicist (1713-1772) 1747 en:On account of several very curious Experiments exhibited by him, both with Natural and Artificial Magnets.
250 Q1293897 Edward Troughton British telescope maker 1809 en:For the Account of his Method of dividing Astronomical Instruments, printed in the last volume of the Philosophical Transactions.
251 Q1309746 Francis Kiernan Anatomist and physician 1836 en:For his discoveries relating to the structure of the liver, as detailed in his paper communicated to the Royal Society, and published in the Philosophical Transactions for 1833.
252 Q1338141 Jesse Ramsden British engraver and instrument maker 1795 en:For his various inventions and improvements in the construction of the Instruments for the Trigonometrical measurements carried on by the late Major General Roy, and by Lieut. Col. Williams and his associates.
253 Q1348255 John Pringle Scottish physician 1752 en:On account of his very curious and useful Experiments and Observations on Septic and Anti-septic Substances, communicated to the Society.
254 Q1356359 W. V. D. Hodge British mathematician 1974 en:In recognition of his pioneering work in algebraic geometry, notably in his theory of harmonic integrals.
255 Q1365806 Henry Foster Royal Navy officer and scientist 1827
256 Q1387590 Hugh Huxley English biologist (1924-2013) 1997 en:In recognition of his pioneering work on the structure of muscle and on the molecular mechanisms of muscle contraction, providing solutions to one of the great problems in physiology.
257 Q1530841 Norman Pirie British biochemist (1907-1997) 1971 en:In recognition of his distinguished contributions to biochemistry and especially for his elucidation of the nature of plant viruses.
258 Q1627897 Horace Lamb English mathematician (*1849 – †1934) 1923 en:For his researches in mathematical physics.
259 Q1678456 Richard Henderson Nobel prize winning British biochemist 2016 en:For his fundamental and revolutionary contributions to the development of electron microscopy of biological materials, enabling their atomic structures to be deduced.
260 Q1886068 Tomas Lindahl Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist 2010 en:For his seminal contributions to the understanding of the biochemistry of DNA repair.
261 Q1968367 John Belchier British surgeon 1737 en:For his Experiment to show the property of a Diet of Madder Root in dyeing the Bones of living animals of a red colour.
262 Q2282791 William Snow Harris British researcher (1791-1867) 1835 en:For his experimental investigations of the force of electricity of high intensity contained in the Philosophical Transactions of 1834.
263 Q2725340 Christopher Middleton Royal Navy officer 1742 en:For the communication of his Observations in the attempt of discovering a North-West passage to the East Indies through Hudsons Bay.
264 Q2877932 James South British astronomer (1785-1867) 1826 en:For his observations of Double Stars, and his Paper on the Discordances between the Suns observed and computed Right Ascensions, published in the Transactions of the Society. For his Paper of Observations of the Apparent Distances and Positions of Four Hu
265 Q2958710 Lord Charles Cavendish British politician; (1704-1783) 1757 en:On account of his very curious and useful invention of making Thermometers, showing respectively the greatest degrees of heat and cold which have happened at any time during the absence of the observer.
266 Q3039871 William Brownrigg British scientist 1766 en:For an experimental enquiry into the Mineral Elastic Spirit, or Air, contained in Spa-Water; as well as into the Mephitic qualities of this Spirit.
267 Q3052355 William Hewson British physiologist 1769 en:For his Two Papers, entitled, An Account of the Lymphatic System in Amphibious Animals, - and An Account of the Lymphatic System in Fish.
268 Q3142976 John Mudge British doctor 1777 en:On account of his valuable Paper containing directions for making the best Composition for the metals of Reflecting Telescopes; together with a description of the process for grinding, polishing, and giving the best speculum the true parabolic form.
269 Q3269878 Richard Chenevix Irish chemist 1803 en:For his various Chemical Papers printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
270 Q3297579 Matthew Raper British astronomer, mathematician and scholar; (1705-1778) 1771 en:For his paper entitled, An Enquiry into the value of ancient Greek and Roman Money.
271 Q3300195 George Shuckburgh-Evelyn British politician (1751-1804) 1798 en:For his various Communications printed in the Philosophical Transactions.
272 Q3378658 James Valoue English inventor 1738 en:For his invention of an Engine for driving the Piles to make a Foundation for the Bridge to be erected at Westminster, the Model whereof had been shown to the Society
273 Q3499414 Alexander Stuart British scientist 1740 en:For his Lectures on Muscular Motion. As a further addition for his services to the Society in the care and pains he has taken .therein
274 Q6176064 Jeffrey I. Gordon American biologist 2018 en:For his contributions to understanding the role of gut microbial communities to human health and disease
275 Q6238574 John Hellins British astronomer 1799 en:For his improved Solution of a problem in Physical Astronomy, &c. printed in the Philosophical Transactions for the year 1798; and his other Mathematical Papers.
276 Q6958910 Thomas Hutchins British physician and naturalist 1783 en:For his Experiments to ascertain the point of Mercurial Congelation.
277 Q6963397 William Roy Scottish military engineer, surveyor and antiquarian (1726–1790) 1785 en:For his Measurement of a Base on Hounslow Heath.
278 Q8015809 William Morgan Welsh physician, physicist, statistician and actuary 1789 en:For his two Papers on the values of Reversions and Survivorships, printed in the two last volumes of the Philosophical Transactions.
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