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	Royal Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, claims to be the oldest learned society still in existence, founded in 1660.
		A formal Royal Charter of incorporation passed the Great Seal on 15 July 1662, creating "The Royal Society of London", with Viscount William Brouncker as the first President, and Robert Hooke was appointed as Curator of Experiments in November 1662.
		Desaguliers, a demonstrator for the Royal Society, was a prominent Freemason.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Society (1313 words)

	Fellow of the Royal Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Fellowship of the Royal Society was founded in 1660.
		The election process for Fellows and Foreign Members is extremely rigorous and is based upon the established practice of peer review.
		Many fellows are famous, and some have won a Nobel Prize (see Famous members of the Royal Society and Presidents of the Royal Society).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society (200 words)

	Patron of the Royal Institution: Fullerian Professorships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fellow of the Royal Society; was made Companion of the British Empire in 1962.
		Became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1876.
		He became a chemical lecturer at St Thomas's hospital in 1850 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1853, at the unusually young age of twenty-six.
	www.johnmadjackfuller.homestead.com /fullerianprofessors.html (3029 words)

	Fellow of the Royal Society
		She was one of only four women amongst the 44 new Fellows, whose achievements range from the discovery that ozone depletion by chlorofluorocarbons varied with latitude, to the invention of antenatal screening for Down's syndrome.
		The Fellowship of the Royal Society is composed of about 1240 of the most distinguished scientists from the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland.
		Professor Gladden was also elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in July, 2003 and she received an OBE for services to chemistry in the 2001 New Year's honours list.
	www.cheng.cam.ac.uk /news/2004/frs.html (320 words)

	Search Results for Edinburgh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Chrystal was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 2 February 1880.
		He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the National Academy of Sciences in the United States, and was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Dublin on the occasion of their tercentenary.
		Playfair became involved in the establishment of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783 and was one of the original Fellows of that Society.
	www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Search/historysearch.cgi?SUGGESTION=Edinburgh&CONTEXT=1 (15068 words)

	:: SCRIPPSNEWS : SCRIPPS GEOPHYSICIST ELECTED FELLOW OF ROYAL SOCIETY
		Masters is also fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the American Geophysical Union, and a member of the Seismological Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
		"These new Fellows of the Royal Society are among the best scientists in the UK and Commonwealth," said Lord Robert May of Oxford, president of the Royal Society.
		Four other Scripps Oceanography scientists have previously been named fellows of the Royal Society: Devendra Lal, professor of nuclear physics; Walter Munk, research professor of geophysics, emeritus; Robert Parker, professor of geophysics and IGPP director; and John Sclater, professor of geophysics.
	scrippsnews.ucsd.edu /article_detail.cfm?article_num=686 (528 words)

	New Zealand Geographical Society - Other Awards
		Warren Moran - Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand
		Richard Bedford - Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand
		Kenneth Cumberland, CBE - Fellow of The Royal Society of New Zealand
	www.nzgs.co.nz /OtrAwards.aspx (68 words)

	Society Fresh : Article 'Royal Society' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		F.F.P.S. Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow) F.G.S. Fellow of the Geological Society.
		F.R.S.E. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
		F.R.S.L. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
	www.society-fresh.net /DisplayArticle409566.html (1058 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| Special Reports \| Royal Society names nine women fellows
		Among the new fellows are Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell, for her work in radio astronomy, Dr Kay Davies, a pioneer in the study and prevention of genetic diseases, and Dr Fiona Watt and Dr Karen Vousdon, who have broken new ground in the understanding and treatment of cancer.
		She welcomed the increasing diversity of Royal fellows - both the increase in the number of women and those scientists working in newer areas of research outside the "golden triangle" of Oxford, Cambridge and London.
		Fellows are elected to the society for their contributions to science, both in fundamental research resulting in greater understanding, and in leading and directing scientific and technological progress in industry and research establishments.
	education.guardian.co.uk /gendergap/story/0,7348,959291,00.html (1150 words)

	Fellow of Royal Society
		Professor McCanny was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for his significant contributions to the field of VLSI Signal Processing systems on silicon.
		Professor McCanny is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE - based in the United States), the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Physics.
		His election to the Royal Society means he follows in the footsteps of some of the most eminent scientists, including Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking.
	www.ee.qub.ac.uk /news/item0023.htm (439 words)

	Royal Society \| Our work \| Funding research \| Funding scientists
		The Royal Society runs a series of schemes that enhance the UK science base and fosters collaboration between UK based and overseas scientists.
		The Royal Society Wolfson laboratory refurbishment grants provide up to £250,000 for the renovation and modernisation of university research laboratories.
		The Royal Society aims to promote scholarship and encourage research into the history of science and provides a number of different grant schemes.
	www.royalsoc.ac.uk /page.asp?id=1112 (357 words)

	Imperial College London - Business School Principal elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fellows are selected in recognition of their outstanding contributions in their field and achievement in public service.
		Born out of the intellectual ferment of the Scottish Enlightenment, the RSE was founded in 1783 by Royal charter for the "advancement of learning and useful knowledge".
		A progressive Scottish Society, working as part of the UK and within a global context, the Royal Society of Edinburgh is committed to the future of Scotland's social, economic and cultural well-being.
	www.ic.ac.uk /P4942.htm (740 words)

	Massey News Article - Professor Wake elected Fellow to the Royal Society
		Royal Society Academy Council President, Professor Carolyn Burns noted the significance of the recognition of excellence in mathematics:
		The Royal Society citation for Professor Wake acknowledges him as a talented and versatile applied mathematician who has been instrumental in focusing applied mathematics on issues of specific relevance to New Zealand, particularly in modeling biological systems in the agricultural, health and industrial sectors.
		The citation says he has applied ingenious mathematics to develop models for the spontaneous combustion of wool, hay and lignite, the growth of pasture for optimum production, population dynamics and control of unwanted animals and plants, and in minimizing the effects of epidemics and environmental damage by pests.
	masseynews.massey.ac.nz /2004/Press_Releases/11_29_04a.html (419 words)

	Prominent NRC Physicist Named Specially Elected Fellow of the Royal Society - National Research Council Canada
		A long-time physicist at the National Research Council (NRC), Dr. Davidson was elected to the Society on the basis of his exceptional contributions to scholarship in the scientific fields of nuclear science and particle physics.
		The Royal Society of Canada: The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities of the Royal Society of Canada is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars.
		The Society consists of approximately 1800 Fellows – men and women from across the country who are selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the arts and sciences.
	www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca /newsroom/news/2003/walter03_e.html (476 words)

	royal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada is considered Canada's most prestigious academic accolade to which scholars and scientists aspire.
		According to the society, the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada are those who are building the world of tomorrow.
		Scientists are admitted to the Royal Society for international contributions to science or medicine.
	www.fhs.mcmaster.ca /pubrel/royal.htm (387 words)

	Fellow of the Royal Society Honours
		Two scientists at Bristol University have achieved the rare distinction of being elected as Fellows of the Royal Society.
		The Society is the world’s oldest scientific academy and has been at the forefront of enquiry and discovery since its foundation in 1660.
		Professors Brown and Halford are two of the 44 new Fellows of the Royal Society from the fields of science, engineering and technology whose election was announced last month.
	www.bris.ac.uk /Depts/Anatomy/new/honours.htm (280 words)

	Royal Society of Edinburgh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Society for the Improvement of Medical Knowledge was founded in Edinburgh in 1731 and Maclaurin became one of its members.
		The story of how the Society was ejected from the Royal Institution and their subsequent fight for a new home is recounted in our article The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the purchase of 22-24 George Street.
		It was during Chrystal's time as General Secretary that the Society was forced out of its rooms in the Royal Institution and the story of this is told in the separate article The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the purchase of 22-24 George Street.
	www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /history/Societies/RSE.html (1448 words)

	Nano Institute leader named a Fellow of the Royal Society - National Research Council Canada
		The Royal Society of Canada, The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars.
		The Society consists of approximately 1600 Fellows: men and women from across the country who are selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the arts and sciences.
		Wayner was also the 1999 recipient of the Royal Society's Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry, the Society's top award for your researchers.
	www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca /newsroom/news/2002/wayner02_e.html (678 words)

	UCLA Physiologist Elected to Prestigious British Royal Society
		The Royal Society is the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, and has been at the forefront of research since its foundation in 1660.
		Each year, the British society applies a rigorous peer review process to elect a maximum of 44 new fellows and six foreign members who are citizens of the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries or Ireland.
		The lifetime honor pays tribute to the society's most distinguished members who have demonstrated excellence in research and made a substantial contribution to advancing understanding in their field of science, medicine, engineering or mathematics.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /medicalnews.php?newsid=25245 (447 words)

	Eberly College of Science \| Grenfell Elected Fellow of British Royal Society
		Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is an independent organization that serves as the United Kingdom's academy of science by advising the British government and promoting the natural and applied sciences both nationally and internationally.
		He was associate editor of American Naturalist from 1997 to 2000, was on the editorial council of the British Society for Parasitology from 1992 to 1994, and was the editor of a special issue of Parasitology on wildlife diseases in 1995.
		He also was a research fellow in pure and applied biology at the Imperial College in London from 1981 to 1986, and was a research assistant in biology at the University of York from 1977 to 1981.
	www.science.psu.edu /alert/Grenfell2-2005.htm (732 words)

	Education \| The Guardian profile: Susan Greenfield
		Susan Greenfield is not a fellow of the Royal Society.
		She is festooned with honorary degrees, she has served on the Royal Society's council for the public understanding of science, she has been awarded the Royal Society's Faraday medal.
		Unidentified fellows let it be known that her election would be an "insult" to more eminent scientists awaiting election.
	education.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4913534-110865,00.html (1537 words)

	Welcome to the Royal Society
		A collection of annotated and draft minutes from early meetings of the Royal Society, recorded in the handwriting of Robert Hooke, is due to be sold at auction in March.
		This month’s featured journal is Journal of the Royal Society Interface - publishing research at the interface of the physical and life sciences.
		Royal Society Webcasts on subjects as diverse as climate change and popular books.
	www.royalsoc.ac.uk (318 words)

	Levitt elected fellow of the Royal Society: 5/01
		Levitt elected fellow of the Royal Society: 5/01
		Michael Levitt, professor of structural biology, has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society, an independent academy founded in the United Kingdom in 1660 to promote the natural and applied sciences.
		Levitt was distinguished "for his highly original work in structural molecular biology," a field focusing on protein folding and the computational analysis of structures.
	news-service.stanford.edu /news/2001/may23/levitt-523.html (84 words)

	Royal Society elects Tom Curran as Fellow
		The 345-year-old Society is the national academy of science of the United Kingdom.
		Curran is one of 44 preeminent scientists from the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries elected to the Royal Society this year.
		Currently, there are about 1,300 Fellows and Foreign Members of the Society, which supports scientists through grants, encourages science and mathematics education, provides advice on science policy, convenes international scientific meetings and informs the public about the latest, cutting-edge science.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-06/aafc-rse060305.php (672 words)

	The Royal Statistical Society - Welcome to the Royal Statistical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		We are one of the premier statistical societies in the world, with a high international reputation.
		Founded in 1834, we are both a learned and a professional society, with some 6500 members based in the United Kingdom and overseas.
		To promote the discipline of statistics by disseminating and encouraging statistical knowledge and good practice with both producers and consumers of statistics, and in society at large.
	www.rss.org.uk (167 words)

	News: New Fellow of the Royal Society
		The Royal Society elected 44 new Fellows on 27 May, and Oxford fellow Professor Samson Abramsky was among them.
		His outstanding achievement is his development of Game Semantics as a theory of computational processes which exposes the mathematical structure of the information flow between them.
		Lord May of Oxford, President of the Royal Society, said of the new Fellows: 'These outstanding individuals are very welcome additions to the Fellowship and Foreign Membership of the Royal Society.
	www.admin.ox.ac.uk /po/news/2003-04/jun/02.shtml (168 words)

	Solar Scientist Appointed Royal Society Fellow 13 May 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Professor Priest will be admitted to the Royal Society together with the other new fellows at a ceremony in London in July.
		The Royal Society is the UK's national academy of science.
		Its sister society is the British Academy, founded in 1902, which is the national academy for the humanities and social sciences.
	calvin.st-andrews.ac.uk /external_relations/news_article.cfm?reference=306 (592 words)

	University of York Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Professor Dodson's husband, Professor Guy Dodson, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1994.
		The Royal Society has recognised Eleanor's extraordinarily important role in inventing new computational approaches to the solution of molecular structures," said Professor Robin Perutz, Head of the Department of Chemistry.
		Election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society is recognised worldwide as a sign of the highest distinction in science.
	www.york.ac.uk /admin/presspr/pressreleases/dodson.htm (428 words)

	Professor Richard (Rick) Sibson elected fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) of London: Department of Geology, University ...
		Professor Richard (Rick) Sibson elected fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) of London: Department of Geology, University of Otago, New Zealand
		Geology Department’s Professor Richard (Rick) Sibson has today been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) of London, becoming one of New Zealand’s select few “Fellows”, and the only one at Otago.
		Head of Geology, Professor Alan Cooper says “Rick’s election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society is a great honour, primarily to him personally, but by association to the Geology Department and to the University of Otago.
	www.otago.ac.nz /geology/rhs-frs.html (1027 words)

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