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PRESIDENTS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



Years 



Date of in 



Election. Office. 



William, Lord Viscount Brouncker April 22, 1663 14 



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 Com- 

 missioners 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 Nov. 30, 1677 3 



Died 1701. M.A. (Oxon.). Secretary of State (1674). For portrait see 

 Plate 1. 



Sir Christopher Wren, Kt Nov. 30, 1680 2 



b. Oct. 20, 1632; d. Feb. 25, 1722-3. D.C.L. (Oxon.). Professor of 

 Astronomy at Grresham College (1657). Savilian Professor at 

 Oxford (1660). Architect of St. Paul's Cathedral and many 

 London Churches. For portrait see Plate 1. 



Sir John Hoskins, Bart Nov. 30, 1682 1 



b. July 23, 1634 ; d. Sept. 12, 1705. Master in Chancery. Evelyn 

 describes him as " a most learned virtuoso, as well as lawyer." 

 For portrait see Plate 1. 



Sir Cyril Wyche, Kt. Nov. 30, 1683 I 



Died December 29, 1707. M.A., LL.D. (Oxon.). Secretary for Ireland. 

 Lord Justice (1693). 



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. 



