RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



Tenure of Office. 

 Joshua Alwuii' Compton, Marquess of North- 



ptoi, ' ............ Nov. 30, 1838-Nov. 30, 1848 



//. .Ian. 17, 1851. Geologist and Mineralogist. One of the earliest 

 ,1,-nU of the Geological Society : Pres. lirit. Assoc. 1836 and 1848. 



William Parsons, Karl of Rosso ..... Nov. 30, 1848-Nov. 30, 1854 

 KM); '/. Oot. 31, 1867. Astronomer. Commenced experiments for 

 improving the reflecting telescope (1827) ; began observations with the 60-foot 

 reflector which lie constructed at Parsonstown (1845) ; discoverer of spiral nebulae. 

 llr-earche>. on neliulae and other celestial phenomena in ' Philosophical Trans- 

 action-. '. UNO, '44, '50, '61, and 'G8. Chancellor of University of Dublin (1862). 



John, Lord WrotU-xlcy ...... ' . . Nov. 30, 1854-Nov. 30, 1858 



Ig, 5, 17 ( .)H: //. Oct. 27, 1807. Practical Astronomer, carrying on observations 

 at two small observatories, one at Blackheath, the other at Wrottesley. Gold 

 .Medal of the Astronom. Soe. for a catalogue of Stars (1839). Pres. Astronom. 

 (141). Pres. Brit. Assoc. (1860). 



Sir Benjamin Collins Brodic, Bart ..... Nov. 30, 1858-Nov. 30, 1861 



//. 17H.'>; il. Oct. 21, 1862. Physiologist and Surgeon. For thirty years on the Staff 

 of St. George's Hospital. Medical Adviser to three successive Sovereigns. First 

 President of the Medical Council. Author of a work on the Diseases of the Joints, 

 and of numerous papers in the ' Philosophical Transactions', and the ( Transactions 

 of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society'. Copley Medallist (1811). 



Sir Edward Sabine, K.C.B ....... Nov. 30, 1861-Nov. 30, 1871 



/.. Oct. 14, 178; <t. June 26, 1883. D.C.L. (Oxoii.), LL.D. ((Jamb.). General 

 (187<>). < >n active service 1812-16. Astronomer with Sir John Ross's Expedition 

 in search of North West Passage (1818). Accompanied Parry's first expedition 

 (181!>). Had a large part in establishing the science of terrestrial magnetism. 

 Appointed to conduct pendulum experiments in different latitudes (1819), and 

 .'oint Commissioner to determine the difference of longitude between the 

 observatories of Paris and Greenwich (1825). 



.'o,-.r<. Biddi -11 Airy, K.C.B ...... Nov. 30, 1871-Nov. 30, 1873 



h. June 27. 1801 ; ,/. Jan. 2, 18S>2. Senior Wrangler (1823). M.A., LL.D. (Camb.), 

 I ).( . L. (( ).\on.). Lucasian Professor at Cambridge (1826). Plumian Professor of 

 -oiMimy and Director of Cambridge Observatory (1828). Astronomer Royal 

 (1835-81); did a <rreat work in the reorganization of Greenwich Observatory. 

 Chairman of the Commission charged with the construction of Standard Weights 

 and Measures (1831). Pres. lirit. Assoc. (1851). Organized Expedition for 

 Transit of Venus (174). 



i. Dalton Hooker, O.M., G.C.S.I. . Nov. 30, 1873-Nov. 30, 1878 



Dec. 11,1911. M.D.,1).C.L.,LL.D. Botanist , to Sir J. C. Ross's 



antan-tic voyage Krehiis' and 'Terror'). Botanist to the Geological Survey. 



i-'-dition to India and the Himalayas (1848) ; to Syria (1860). Pres. Brit. 



I'.otanical expedition to Morocco (1871) and across America (1877). 



I )ire.-t,r of Hoyal < Amiens at Keu (1865-85). K. C.S.I. (1877). Original member 



of the Order of Merit 



