CHAPTER VI 



PATRONS AND OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 SINCE ITS FOUNDATION 



PATRONS 



His Majesty Km; CHARLES II, Founder. 



JAMES II, Fellow. 



GEORGE I, Patron. 

 GEORGE II, Patron. 



., GEORGE III, Patron. 



., GEORGE IV, Patron. 



WILLIAM IV, Patron. 



Her Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA, Patron. 

 His Majesty KING EDWARD VII, Patron. 



GEORGE V, Patron. 



PRESIDENTS 



Tenure of Office. 

 William, Viscount Brouncker Apr. 22, 1663-Nov. 30, 1677 



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. 



Sir Joseph Williamson, Kt Nov. 30, 1677-Nov. 30, 1680 



tt. 1633; d. 1701. M.A.,D.C.L. (Oxon.). Statesman and diplomatist. Keeper of 

 the State Paper Office (1661); Editor (1665) of < Oxford Gazette', afterwards 

 ' London Gazette '. Secretary of State (1674-8). Subsequently employed on 

 diplomatic missions. 



Sir Christopher Wren, Kt Nov. 30, 1680-Nov. 30, 1682 



A. Oct 20, 1632; d. Feb. 25, 1722-3. M.A., D.C.L. (Oxon.), LL.D. (Camb.). 

 Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College (1657). Savilian Professor of 

 Astronomy at Oxford (1661-73). Discoverer in the fundamental principles of 

 Dynamics, including the law of reaction. Architect of St. Paul's Cathedral and 

 many London Churches. Prominent member of the circle which was incorporated 

 as the Royal Society. 



