CONTENTS 



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LIST OF PORTRAITS - xi 



CHAPTER 



I EARLY SOCIAL LIFE OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY - i 



II PRESIDENTSHIP OF MARTIN FOLKES, 1747-1752 - 20 



III PRESIDENTSHIP OF THE EARL OF MACCLESFIELD, 



1752-1764 - 45 



IV PRESIDENTSHIPS OF THE EARL OF MORTON, 1764-1768, 



AND OF JAMES WEST, 1768-1772 - 86 



V PRESIDENTSHIP OF SIR JOHN PRINGLE, 1772-1778 - 114 

 VI PRESIDENTSHIP OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS, 1778-1789 - 144 



VII PRESIDENTSHIP OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS CONTINUED, 



1789-1810 . - !86 



VIII PRESIDENTSHIP OF SIR JOSEPH BANKS COMPLETED, 



1811-1820 ..... 236 



IX PRESIDENTSHIPS OF WILLIAM HYDE WOLLASTON, SIR 



HUMPHRY DAVY, AND DA VIES GILBERT, 1820-1830 268 



X PRESIDENTSHIPS OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX AND THE 



MARQUESS OF NORTHAMPTON, 1831-1848 - - 303 



