Jio RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



The Honourable Robert Boyle, F.R.S. (1627-91). His Executors, 1692 



Tin- HUM eminent man of science of his day ; took a leading part in establish- 

 ing the Ivoyal Society : was one of its first Council ; chosen President in 1680, 

 Init declined the office; contributed fifty-right papers to the l Philosophical 

 Transaction- '. 



Hv .1. K( rx boom (attributed also to John Riley). 



The Honourable Robert Boyle, F.R.S. Sir C. Wheatstone, F.R.S., 1876 



Painting afh-r Kerscboom. 



James Bradley, D.D., F.R.S. (1693-1762). The Rev. Mr. Peach, 1790 



Savilian Professor of Astronomy 1721 ; Astronomer-Royal 1742-62. Celebrated 

 for the accuracy of his observations which are fundamental in positional astronomy ; 

 discovered aberration and nutation. Elected F.R.S. 1718. 



By J. Hit-h.-inlson. 



Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). 



Tlio great Danish Astronomer on whose work Kepler built. 

 Painter unknown. 

 Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart., Pres.R.S.) 



(1783-1862). Sir B.C. Brodie, 1873 



Surgeon and Physiologist. Elected F.R.S. 1810; President 1858-61. (See 

 p. 204.) 



By A. Thompson, after G. R Watts, R.A. 



Viscount Brouncker, Pres.R.S. (1620-84). Viscount Brouncker 



Eminent .Mathematician. One of the most active promoters of the Royal 

 Society and its first President. (See p. 200.) 



Studio copy after Sir Peter Lely. 



George Buchanan (reputed) (1506-82). Thomas Povey, Esq. 



Scottish Historian, Scholar, and Theologian. Regent of University of Coimbra, 

 Portugal, 1.047: -uh-cMjuently Principal of St. Ceonards College, St. Andrews, 

 and Lord Privy Seal (Scotland). 



Attributed to Pourbus (? Adriaen Keij). 



Paul Buissiere, F.R.S. Peter Buissiere, Esq. 



I r.-n. h Surgeon and Physiologist established at Copenhagen. Elected F.R.S. 

 ' : contributed papers to ' Philosophical Transactions': letters preserved in 



Archive--. U.S. 



Painter unknown. 



Sir James Burrow, Pres.R.S. (1701-82). Sir James Burrow, 1777 



Elected l.K.s. 17:57; President for short periods in 1708 and 1772. (See 



p. a 



Hv .Ir.-in H;i|)tlsfr \ailloO. 



