President of the Royal Society

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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 changeover of Presidents occurs on the Royal Society's Anniversary Day, the weekday on or nearest to 30 November, following the departing President's Anniversary Address.[1]

The current President is The Lord Rees of Ludlow.

1. 1660-1662 Robert Moray [2] (prior to incorporation)
2. 1662-1677 The Viscount Brouncker
3. 1677-1680 Sir Joseph Williamson
4. 1680-1682 Sir Christopher Wren
5. 1682-1683 Sir John Hoskins
6. 1683-1684 Cyril Wyche
7. 1684-1686 Samuel Pepys
8. 1686-1689 The Earl of Carbery
9. 1689-1690 The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
10. 1690-1695 Robert Southwell
11. 1695-1698 The Earl of Halifax
12. 1698-1703 The Lord Somers
13. 1703-1727 Sir Isaac Newton
14. 1727-1741 Sir Hans Sloane
15. 1741-1752 Martin Folkes
16. 1752-1764 The Earl of Macclesfield
17. 1764-1768 The Earl of Morton
18. 1768-1768 James Burrow
19. 1768-1772 James West
20. 1772-1772 James Burrow
21. 1772-1778 Sir John Pringle
22. 1778-1820 Sir Joseph Banks
23. 1820-1820 William Hyde Wollaston
24. 1820-1827 Sir Humphry Davy
25. 1827-1830 Davies Gilbert
26. 1830-1838 HRH The Duke of Sussex
27. 1838-1848 The Marquess of Northampton
28. 1848-1854 The Earl of Rosse
29. 1854-1858 The Lord Wrottesley
30. 1858-1861 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart.
31. 1861-1871 Sir Edward Sabine
32. 1871-1873 Sir George Biddell Airy
33. 1873-1878 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
34. 1878-1883 William Spottiswoode
35. 1883-1885 The Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry Huxley, P.C.
36. 1885-1890 Sir George Gabriel Stokes
37. 1890-1895 The Lord Kelvin
38. 1895-1900 The Lord Lister
39. 1900-1905 Sir William Huggins
40. 1905-1908 The Lord Rayleigh
41. 1908-1913 Sir Archibald Geikie
42. 1913-1915 Sir William Crookes
43. 1915-1920 Sir Joseph John Thomson
44. 1920-1925 Sir Charles Sherrington
45. 1925-1930 The Lord Rutherford of Nelson
46. 1930-1935 Sir Frederick Hopkins
47. 1935-1940 Sir William Henry Bragg
48. 1940-1945 Sir Henry Hallett Dale
49. 1945-1950 Sir Robert Robinson
50. 1950-1955 The Lord Adrian
51. 1955-1960 Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
52. 1960-1965 The Lord Florey
53. 1965-1970 The Lord Blackett
54. 1970-1975 Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
55. 1975-1980 The Lord Todd
56. 1980-1985 Sir Andrew Huxley
57. 1985-1990 Sir George Porter
58. 1990-1995 Sir Michael Atiyah
59. 1995-2000 Sir Aaron Klug
60. 2000-2005 The Lord May of Oxford
61. 2005- The Lord Rees of Ludlow

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