Presidents of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Scope of Project

This project is a place to gather together profiles of the Presidents of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Overview

The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity, operating on a wholly independent and non-party-political basis and providing public benefit throughout Scotland. Established in 1783, it has since then drawn upon the strengths and expertise of its Fellows, of which there are currently more than 1500.

The Society covers a broader selection of fields than the Royal Society of London including literature and history. Unlike similar organisations in the rest of the UK, the Fellowship includes people from a wide range of disciplines - science & technology, arts, humanities, medicine, social science, business and public service. This breadth of expertise makes the Royal Society of Edinburgh unique in the UK.

• Wikipedia contributors. "Royal Society of Edinburgh." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• The Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Biographical Index of former RSE Fellows 1783-2002 (short)
• Biographical Index of former RSE Fellows 1783-2002 Part 1. (A-J )
• Biographical Index of former RSE Fellows 1783-2002 Part 2. (K-Z)

List of Presidents of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

1. The Duke of Buccleuch (1783–1812)
2. Sir James Hall (1812–1820)
3. Sir Walter Scott (1820–1832)
4. Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane (1832–1860)
5. The Duke of Argyll (1860–1864)
6. Principal Sir David Brewster (1864–1868)
7. Sir Robert Christison (1869–1873)
8. Sir William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) (1873–1878)
9. Rev Philip Kelland (1878–1879)
10. Lord Moncreiff of Tullibole (1879–1884)
11. Thomas Stevenson (1884–1885)
12. Sir William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin) (1886–1890)
13. Sir Douglas Maclagan (1890–1895)
14. Lord Kelvin (1895–1907)
15. Principal Sir William Turner (1908–1913)
16. Professor James Geikie (1913–1915)
17. Dr John Horne (1915–1919)
18. Professor Frederick Orpen Bower (1919–1924)
19. Sir Alfred Ewing (1924–1929)
20. Sir Edward Sharpey Schafer (1929–1934)
21. Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1934–1939)
22. Professor Sir Edmund Whittaker (1939–1944)
23. Professor Sir William Wright Smith (1944–1949)
24. Professor James Kendall (1949–1954)
25. Professor James Ritchie (1954–1958)
26. Professor J. Norman Davidson (1958–1959)
27. Professor Sir Edmund Hirst (1959–1964)
28. Professor J. Norman Davidson (1964–1967)
29. Professor Norman Feather (1967–1970)
30. Sir Maurice Yonge (1970–1973)
31. Lord Cameron (1973–1976)
32. Professor Robert Allan Smith (1976–1979)
33. Sir Kenneth Blaxter (1979–1982)
34. Sir John Atwell (1982–1985)
35. Sir Alwyn Williams (1985–1988)
36. Professor Charles Kemball (1988–1991)
37. Professor Sir Alastair Currie (1991–1993)
38. Dr Thomas L. Johnston (1993–1996)
39. Professor Malcolm Jeeves (1996–1999)
40. Sir William Stewart (1999–2002)
41. Lord Sutherland of Houndwood (2002–2005)
42. Sir Michael Atiyah (2005–2008)
43. Lord Wilson of Tillyorn (2008–2011)
44. Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott (2011-present)