Rev. The west front of St. Paul's Cathedral. Upper leg. VNVM leg. INCEPT . b. 1620 (?); d. April 5, 1684. Adhered to Chas. I, and after the Restoration was appointed by Chas. II Chancellor of the Queen Consort, and Keeper of her Great Seal (1662); one of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral (1664), and Master of St. Catherine's Hospital (1681). Mathematician. The first to introduce continued fractions, and to give a series for the quadrature of a portion of the equilateral hyperbola. For portrait see Plate 1. Sir Joseph Williamson, Kt. ..... Years in Office. 14 Died 1701. M.A. (Oxon.). Secretary of State (1674). For portrait see Sir Christopher Wren, Kt. Nov. 30, 1680 b. Oct. 20, 1632; d. Feb. 25, 1722-3. D.C.L. (Oxon.). Professor of Sir John Hoskins, Bart. Nov. 30, 1682 b. July 23, 1634; d. Sept. 12, 1705. Master in Chancery. Evelyn 2 For portrait see Plate 1. Sir Cyril Wyche, Kt. Nov. 30, 1683 Died December 29, 1707. M.A., LL.D. (Oxon.). Secretary for Ireland. Samuel Pepys Dec. 1, 1684 2 b. Feb. 23, 1632-3; d. May 26, 1703. Author of the celebrated Diary. Clerk of the Acts of the Navy (1660). Master of Trinity House (1676). Secretary to the Admiralty (1680). For portrait see Plate 2. Date of John, Earl of Carbery (Lord Vaughan)...... Nov. 30, 1686 Died Jan. 16, 1712-13. For some years Governor of Jamaica. For portrait see Plate 2. Thomas, Earl of Pembroke, K.G.... Years in Office. 3 Nov. 30, 1689 1 b. 1656; d. Jan. 22, 1732-3. First Lord of the Admiralty (1690). Lord Privy Seal (1692). Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1707). Lord High Admiral (1708). Mathematician and Antiquary. Sir Robert Southwell, Kt. .... Dec. 1, 1690 b. 1635; d. 1702. Envoy extraordinary to the Court of Portugal (1672). Appointed by Will. III Principal Secretary of State for Ireland. Contributed papers to the 'Philosophical Transactions,' principally on physiological and chemical subjects. 5 Nov. 30, 1695 3 Charles Montague (afterwards Earl of Hali- John, Lord Somers Nov. 30, 1698 5 b. 1652; d. April 26, 1716. Appointed Solicitor-General upon accession of William and Mary; Attorney-General (1692); Lord Keeper of the Great Seal (1693); Lord Chancellor (1697); Lord President of the Council (1708). Sir Isaac Newton, Kt Nov. 30, 1703 b. Dec. 25, 1642; d. March 20, 1727. Discovered the Binomial Theorem, in the beginning of 1665; the direct method of Fluxions or elements of the differential calculus, Nov., 1665; the unequal refrangibility of the rays of light, Jan., 1666; the integral calculus, May, 1666. Made his first reflecting telescope, 1668. Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, 1669. In 1686 the MS. of the 'Principia' was presented to the Royal Society, and in 1687 it was published. Warden of the Mint (1695); Master of the Mint (1699). Publication of the " Opticks," 1704. Knighted by Queen Anne, 1705. Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. .... Nov. 30, 1727 b. April 16, 1660; d. Jan. 11, 1753. Fellow of the Coll. Phys. in 24 14 Years in Martin Folkes... Date of Nov. 30, 1741 b. Oct. 29, 1690; d. June 28, 1754. Appointed Vice-President of the George, Earl of Macclesfield.. Nov. 30, 1752 b. 1697; d. March 17, 1764. Mathematician and Astronomer. In James, Earl of Morton (Lord Aberdour)...... Nov. 30, 1764 James (afterwards Sir James) Burrow ...... Oct. 27, 1768 b. Nov. 28, 1701; d. Nov. 5, 1782. Legal Reporter and Antiquary. Contributed five papers on Earthquakes to the 'Philosophical Transactions.' He was elected to the chair only to serve until the ensuing anniversary. James West .... Nov. 30, 1768 d. July, 1772. M.A. Balliol Coll., Oxford. M.P. for St. Albans in 1741. Joint Secretary to the Treasury till 1762. A Collector of Manuscripts, Coins, and Medals, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. "Astronomy is indebted to Mr. West for the preservation of several manuscript volumes and papers of Flamsteed's." (Weld, vol. ii, p. 50.) James (afterwards Sir James) Burrow July 2, 1772 See above. Elected a second time to fill the chair till the following anniversary. Sir John Pringle, Bart.... Nov. 30, 1772 b. April 10, 1707; d. Jan. 18, 1782. Studied medicine at Leyden, and settled as a physician in Edinburgh. Appointed (1734) Joint Professor of Pneumatics [i.e., Metaphysics] and Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh. Physician to the Earl of Stair (1742), and Physician-General to the Forces in Flanders (1744). Afterwards Physician to the Forces ordered to march against the Pretender's Office. 11 12 4 4 6 Date of adherents in Scotland. In 1764 Physician in Ordinary to the Queen. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart...... Nov. 30, 1778 b. Feb. 13, 1743-44; d. June 19, 1820. In 1766 accompanied Lieut. William Hyde Wollaston June 29, 1820 b. Aug. 6, 1766; d. Dec. 22, 1828. Studied for Medicine, and became a Tancred Fellow at Cambridge. In 1789 settled at Bury St. Edmunds as a physician. From 1797 to his death a constant contributor to the Philosophical Transactions,' in which appear 39 of his papers in Chemistry, Astronomy, Optics, Mechanics, Acoustics, Mineralogy, Crystallography, Physiology, Pathology, and Botany. He was the discoverer of palladium (1804) and rhodium (1805). In 1828 he described his method for rendering platinum malleable. He established the Donation Fund of the Royal Society (see p. 121). Sir Humphry Davy, Bart...... Nov. 30, 1820 b. Dec. 17, 1778; d. May 29, 1829. Superintendent of Dr. Beddoes' Pneumatic Institution at Bristol (1798), where he commenced his researches. Director of the Laboratory of the Royal Institution (1801). Invented the Safety-lamp (1815); the first safety-lamp is still in the possession of the Society. In 1823 he communicated to the Royal Society his "Researches on Electro-magnetic Phenomena." He contributed 46 memoirs and lectures to the 'Philosophical Transactions,' and published nine separate works on Science. Davies Gilbert ..... Nov. 6, 1827 b. March 6, 1767; d. Nov. 7, 1839. M.P. for Bodmin (1806). "He took a prominent part in parliamentary investigations connected with the arts and sciences" (Dict. Nat. Biog.'). In 1819 he suggested, with success, the establishment of the Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope. He contributed several papers to the 'Philosophical Transactions.' H.R.H. The Duke of Sussex.. Nov. 30, 1830 Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, sixth son of George III. b. Jan. 27, 1773; d. April 21, 1843. During his tenure of office he constantly presided at all meetings of the Council and Society. Years in Office. 41 7 3 8 The Marquis of Northampton ... Date of Nov. 30, 1838 b. Jan. 1, 1790: d. Jan. 17, 1851. One of the earliest Presidents of the Geological Society; Pres. Brit. Assoc. 1836 and 1848. The Earl of Rosse Nov. 30, 1848 b. June 17, 1800: d. Oct. 31, 1867. Astronomer. Construction of great reflecting telescope commenced 1845. Researches on nebula and other celestial phenomena in 'Philosophical Transactions,' 1840, '44, '50, '61, and '68. Chancellor of University of Dublin (1862). Lord Wrottesley. Nov. 30, 1854 b. Aug. 5, 1798; d. Oct. 27, 1867. Practical Astronomer, carrying on his observations at two small observatories, one at Blackheath, the other at Wrottesley. Gold Medal of the Astronom. Soc. for a catalogue of Stars (1839). Pres. Astronom. Soc. (1841). Author of two Astronomical Papers in the Philosophical Transactions.' Pres. Brit. Assoc. (1860). Specially interested in Government measures for improving the position of Science in this country, and in the introduction of Science as a branch of teaching in Public Schools. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart. Nov. 30, 1858 b. 1783; d. Oct. 21, 1862. Physiologist and Surgeon. For thirty years on the Staff of St. George's Hospital. Medical adviser to three successive Sovereigns. First President of the Medical Council. Author of an important work on the Diseases of the Joints, and of numerous papers in the 'Philosophical Transactions,' and the 'Transactions of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society.' Sir Edward Sabine.... Nov. 30, 1861 b. Oct. 14, 1788; d. June 26, 1883. K.C.B. (1869); General (1870). On active service 1812-16. Astronomer with Sir John Ross's Expedition in Search of North West Passage (1818). Accompanied Parry's first expedition (1819). Appointed to conduct pendulum experiments in different latitudes (1819), and Joint Commissioner to determine the difference of longitude between the observatories of Paris and Greenwich (1825). Sir George Airy .... Nov. 30, 1871 b. June 27, 1801; d. Jan. 2, 1892. Senior Wrangler (1823). Lucasian Professor of Experimental Science (1826). Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Director of Cambridge Observatory (1828). Astronomer Royal (1835). Chairman of the Commission charged with the Construction of Standard Weights and Measures (1834). Pres. Brit. Assoc. (1851). Organised Expedition for Observing Transit of Venus (1874). Years in Office. 10 6 4 3 10 2 Р |