List of fellows of the Royal Society W, X, Y, Z

About 8,000 fellows have been elected to the Royal Society of London since its inception in 1660.

Below is a list of people who are or were Fellow or Foreign Member of the Royal Society. The date of election to the fellowship follows the name. Dates in brackets relate to an award or event associated with the person. The Society maintains a complete online list.[1] This list is complete up to and including 2019.

List of fellows and foreign members of the Royal Society

A, B, C	D, E, F	G, H, I	J, K, L	M, N, O	P, Q, R	S, T, U, V	W, X, Y, Z

List of fellows

W

Names	Election date	Notes
Conrad Hal Waddington	20/03/1947	8 November 1905 – 26 September 1975
Kenneth Wade	16/03/1989	13 October 1932 - 16 March 2014 Chemist
Walter Wade	14/03/1811	-1825
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia	21/03/1957	25 October 1883 – 15 June 1969
Harold William Taylor Wager	05/05/1904	11 March 1862 – 17 November 1929
Lawrence Rickard Wager	21/03/1946	5 February 1904 – 30 November 1965
William Wagstaffe	13/03/1718	1685 – 5 May 1725
Ralph Louis Wain	24/03/1960	29 May 1911 – 14 December 2000
Gabriel Waksman	19/04/2012
Richard Irving Walcott	14/03/1991
Nicholas John Wald	27/05/2004
James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave	14/12/1749	14 March 1715 – 28 April 1763
Herman Waldmann	15/03/1990
David J. Wales	29/04/2016	Chemical physicist
William Wales	07/11/1776	c. 1734 – 29 December 1798
Alan Walker	13/05/1999
Arthur Geoffrey Walker	17/03/1955	17 July 1909 – 31 March 2001
Charles Vincent Walker	07/06/1855	1812 – 24 December 1882
David Alan Walker	15/03/1979
Donald Walker	21/03/1985	Professor
Edward Walker	03/06/1869	14 September 1820 – 2 March 1893 Schoolmaster
Fowler Walker	31/03/1791	c. 1732 – 20 August 1804
George Walker	30/05/1771	c. 1734 – 21 April 1807
George P. L. Walker	20/03/1975	2 March 1926 – 17 January 2005
George Walker Walker	01/05/1913	24 February 1874 – 6 September 1921
Gilbert Thomas Walker	05/05/1904	14 June 1868 – 4 November 1958
James Walker	14/06/1900	6 April 1863 – 6 May 1935
James Walker	17/04/1828	14 September 1781 – 8 October 1862
James Walker	09/06/1774	c. 1720 – 22 February 1789
James Thomas Walker	01/06/1865	1 December 1826 – 16 February 1896 Surveyor General of India
John Walker	27/03/1794	d 9 May 1824
John Ernest Walker	09/03/1995
John James Walker	07/06/1883	2 October 1825 – 15 February 1900
Miles Walker	07/05/1931	13 August 1868 – 22 January 1941
Robert Walker	03/03/1831	c. 1801 – 28 September 1865 Wadham College
Thomas Walker	05/05/1791	died c. 1800 Accountant General
Thomas Walker	22/01/1730	? September 1702 – 17 September 1764 Barrister
William Walker	09/02/1738	- 14 October 1742 Ship's captain
Charles Baring Wall	01/04/1830	c. 1795 – 14 October 1853
Charles Terence Clegg Wall	20/03/1969
Martin Wall	08/05/1788	1747 – 21 June 1824
Patrick David Wall	16/03/1989	5 April 1925 – 8 August 2001
Richard Wall	31/05/1753	1694–1778 Diplomat
Alfred Russel Wallace	01/06/1893	8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913
David James Wallace	20/03/1986	Physicist
Thomas Wallace	19/03/1953	5 September 1891 – 2 February 1965 Horticulturalist
Augustus Desiré Waller	02/06/1892	12 July 1856 – 11 March 1922
Augustus Volney Waller	05/06/1851	21 December 1816 – 18 September 1870
Edmund Waller	20/05/1663	3 March 1606 – 21 October 1687 Original Fellow
Richard Waller	27/04/1681	c. 1646 – ? January 1715 Botanist
William Waller	20/02/1679	c. 1639 – 18 July 1699 Soldier & MP
Nathaniel Wallich	12/03/1829	28 January 1786 – 28 April 1854
John Wallis	20/05/1663	23 November 1616 – 28 October 1703 Original Fellow
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis	22/03/1945	26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979
Daniel Frank Walls	12/03/1992	13 September 1942 – 12 May 1999
Charles Walmesley	01/11/1750	13 January 1722 – 25 November 1797
Ian Alexander Walmsley	19/04/2012
Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford	04/03/1824	14 June 1783 – 29 December 1858
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford	19/02/1747	24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797
Spencer Horatio Walpole	22/11/1860	11 September 1806 – 22 March 1898
Mark Walport	19/05/2011
Anthony Edward Walsby	11/03/1993	Biologist, Bristol Univ.
Alan Walsh	20/03/1969	19 December 1916 – 3 August 1998
Arthur Donald Walsh	19/03/1964	8 August 1916 – 23 April 1977
John Walsh	08/11/1770	1 July 1726 – 9 March 1795 Scientist
Francis Martin Rouse Walshe	21/03/1946	19 September 1885
Robert Boyle-Walsingham	05/03/1778	1736 – October 1779
Henry Walter	11/11/1819	28 January 1785 – 25 January 1859 Clergyman
Johann Gottlieb Walter	01/05/1794	1 July 1734 – 4 January 1818 Anatomist, Frankfurt
Kenneth Walters	14/03/1991	Rheology, Univ. of Wales
William Walton	25/05/1837	- 19 September 1863 Clergyman & meteorologist
Humfrey Wanley	20/11/1706	21 March 1672 – 6 July 1726
Olaus Warburg	10/01/1805	1805
Henry Warburton	16/02/1809	? 1784 – 16 September 1858
John Warburton	10/04/1834	c. 1793 – 2 June 1845 Physician
John Warburton	10/03/1720	28 February 1682 – 11 May 1759
Esay Ward	20/02/1668	c. 1629 – ? August 1674
Harry Marshall Ward	07/06/1888	1854 – 26 August 1906
Ian Macmillan Ward	17/03/1983	Physicist, Leeds Univ.
John Ward	30/11/1723	c. 1679 – 17 October 1758 Gresham Prof of Rhetoric
John Clive Ward	18/03/1965	1 August 1924 – 6 May 2000
John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley	16/11/1815	9 August 1781 – 6 March 1833
Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward	03/06/1852	1791 – 4 June 1868
Richard Samuel Ward	26/05/2005	Mathematician, Durham Univ.
Seth Ward	20/05/1663	? April 1617 – 6 January 1689 Bishop Original Fellow
Patience Ward	06/04/1681	7 December 1629 – 10 July 1696
James Ware	11/03/1802	11 February 1756 – 13 April 1815 Ophthalmic Surgeon
Philip Frank Wareing	20/03/1969	27 April 1914 – ? 29 March 1996
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin	12/07/1764	11 September 1717 – 13 December 1783
Edward Waring	02/06/1763	1734 – 15 August 1798
Richard Hill Waring	16/02/1769	c. 1721 – 11 October 1794 High Sheriff, Flintshire
Robert Warington	02/06/1864	7 September 1807 – ? 17 November 1867 Chemist, Soc. of Apothecaries
Robert Warington	04/06/1886	22 August 1838 – 20 March 1907 Agricultural Chemist, Rothamsted
David Lee Wark	17/05/2007
Anne Elizabeth Warner	21/03/1985	25 August 1940 - 16 May 2012
Joseph Warner	06/12/1750	1717 – 24 July 1801
Frederick Edward Warner	18/03/1976	31 March 1910 – 3 July 2010
Mark Warner	19/04/2012
John Ashley Warre	01/05/1817	5 October 1787 – 18 November 1860
Charles Warren	29/04/1790	19 March 1764 – 12 August 1829 Barrister, MP for Dorchester
Charles Warren	12/06/1884	7 February 1840 – 21 January 1927
Graham Barry Warren	13/05/1999
John Warren	09/12/1830	4 October 1796 – 16 August 1852 Clergyman and Mathematician
Pelham Warren	08/04/1813	7 October 1778 – 2 December 1835
Richard Warren	08/03/1764	? 4 December 1731 – 22 June 1797 Physician
Samuel Warren	02/04/1835	23 May 1807 – 29 July 1877
George Warrender	08/06/1815	5 December 1782 – 21 February 1849
Elizabeth Kerr Warrington	20/03/1986
John Washington	13/02/1845	? 1800 – 16 September 1863
Michael Derek Waterfield	14/03/1991	Biochemist, UCL
Douglas Frew Waterhouse	16/03/1967	3 June 1916 – ? December 2000
Edward Waterhouse	29/07/1663	1619 – 30 May 1670 Clergyman
John Waterhouse	06/02/1834	3 August 1806 – 13 February 1879
John Conrad Waterlow	18/03/1982	13 June 1916 – 19 October 2010 Nutrition scientist, London Univ.
William Alexander Waters	18/03/1954	8 May 1903 – 28 January 1985 Chemist
Hugh Christian Watkins	05/05/2017
Jeffrey Clifton Watkins	17/03/1988	Biochemist, Oxford Univ.
Thomas Watkins	23/01/1794	c. 1761 – 15 October 1829 Clergyman
Thomas Watkins	30/11/1714	fl 1714–1729 Mathematician
Winifred May Watkins	20/03/1969	6 August 1924 – 3 October 2003
Alan Andrew Watson	11/05/2000	Astrophysicist, Leeds
Andrew James Watson	15/05/2003
David Meredith Seares Watson	11/05/1922	18 June 1886 – 23 July 1973
Frederick Beilby Watson	12/11/1818	1773 – 11 July 1852
George Neville Watson	15/05/1919	31 January 1886 – 2 February 1965
Henry Watson	02/04/1767	- 1793 Surgeon
Henry William Watson	02/06/1881	25 February 1827 – 11 January 1903
James Watson	12/03/1778	c. 1748 – 2 May 1796 Lawyer
James Kay Graham Watson	19/03/1987
Janet Vida Watson	15/03/1979	1 September 1923 – 29 March 1985
Jonathan Watson	09/06/1763	c. 1718 – November 1803
Morrison Watson	12/06/1884	? 1846 – 25 March 1885 Physician
Ralph Watson	27/05/1830	fl 1830–1835
Richard Watson	02/02/1769	August 1737 – 4 July 1816
Robert Watson	07/02/1751	c. 1720 – 2 March 1756
Robert Watson	19/05/2011
Thomas Watson	09/06/1859	7 March 1792 – 11 December 1882 Physician
William Watson	09/04/1741	3 April 1715 – 10 May 1787 Chemist
William Watson	10/12/1767	? 28 August 1744 – c. 1825 Physician & Astronomer
William Watson	07/04/1808	c. 1759 – 1 June 1818 Sergeant-at-arms
William Watson	06/06/1901	4 August 1868 – 3 March 1919 Asst Prof of Physics, RCS, London
Robert Alexander Watson-Watt	20/03/1941	13 April 1892 – 5 December 1973
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham	07/11/1751	13 May 1730 – 1 July 1782
Alexander Stuart Watt	21/03/1957	21 June 1892 – 2 March 1985
Fiona Mary Watt	15/05/2003
James Watt	24/11/1785	19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819
James Watt	07/12/1820	5 February 1769 – 2 June 1848 Son of James Watt the engineer
William Watt	18/03/1976	14 April 1912 – 11 August 1985 Physical Chemist
Anthony Watts	30/04/2014	Geologist, Oxford University
Colin Watts	26/05/2005	Immunologist
Henry Watts	07/06/1866	20 January 1815 – 30 June 1884 Chemistry journalist
Philip Watts	14/06/1900	30 May 1846 – 15 March 1926
William Whitehead Watts	05/05/1904	7 June 1860 – 30 July 1947
Andrew Scott Waugh	03/06/1858	3 February 1810 – 21 February 1878
Arthur Goodall Wavell	24/05/1827	29 March 1785 – 10 July 1860
William Wavell	05/02/1824	- 15 May 1829 Physician
Benjamin Way	05/12/1771	September 1740 – 22 August 1808 MP for Bridport
Lewis Way	23/02/1738	1698–1771
Dennis Lawrence Weaire	13/05/1999
David John Weatherall	17/03/1977
Paul Egerton Weatherley	15/03/1973	6 May 1917 – 8 August 2001 Botanist, Aberdeen Univ.
Thomas Weaver	09/03/1826	1772 – 2 July 1855
Colin Edward Webb	14/03/1991
Frederick Webb	21/03/1822	- 1853
Philip Barker Webb	25/03/1824	10 July 1793 – 31 August 1854
Philip Carteret Webb	09/11/1749	1700 – 22 June 1770
Robert Webb	11/11/1762	- 9 September 1765
John Webb	28/06/1764	- April 1797
Bryan Ronald Webber	10/05/2001
William Webber	05/06/1766	- 30 November 1796
John Webster	07/03/1844	1795 – 21 July 1876 Physician
Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone	19/06/1902	22 December 1842 – 15 December 1915
Robert Gordon Webster	16/03/1989
Godfrey Webster	18/05/1786	c. 1749 – 3 June 1800
Thomas Webster	18/03/1847	16 October 1810 – 3 June 1875
Richard Weck	20/03/1975	5 March 1913 – 9 January 1986
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn	06/12/1787	13 February 1733 – 2 January 1805
Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn	11/05/1933	26 February 1882 – 9 October 1948
Josiah Wedgwood	16/01/1783	? July 1730 – 3 January 1795
Basil Charles Leicester Weedon	18/03/1971	18 July 1923 – 10 October 2003
George Wegg	09/02/1758	- 25 August 1777
George Samuel Wegg	13/11/1777	c. 1750 – 4 January 1817 Barrister
Samuel Wegg	31/05/1753	17 November 1723 – 19 December 1802 Barriste, Governor of HBC
Christian Frederick Weichman	27/06/1728	24 August 1698 – 4 August 1770
Johann Friedrich Weidler	09/11/1732	? 23 April 1691 – 30 November 1755
Felix Jiri Weinberg	17/03/1983
Lawrence Weiskrantz	20/03/1980
Frederick Ernest Weiss	03/05/1917	2 November 1865 – 7 January 1953 Botanist
Nigel Oscar Weiss	12/03/1992
Robin Anthony Weiss	15/05/1997	Virologist, UCL
Walter Weldon	08/06/1882	31 October 1832 – 20 September 1885
Walter Frank Raphael Weldon	05/06/1890	15 March 1860 – 13 April 1906
Walter Thompson Welford	20/03/1980	31 August 1916 – 18 September 1990
John Welin	28/05/1741	? 1705 – 31 January 1744 Finnish
Mark Edward Welland	09/05/2002
Henry Solomon Wellcome	26/05/1932	21 August 1853 – 25 July 1936
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington	25/11/1847	29 April 1769 – 14 September 1852
Alan Arthur Wells	17/03/1977	Engineer, Inventor of Wells Turbine
George Philip Wells	17/03/1955	17 July 1901 – 27 September 1985
Peter Neil Temple Wells	15/05/2003
William Charles Wells	07/11/1793	24 May 1757 – 18 September 1817
James Raymond Wellsted	06/04/1837	1805 – 25 October 1842
Harry Lambert Welsh	15/03/1962	23 March 1910 – 23 July 1984
James Welsh	15/03/1770	c. 1723 – June 1778 Physician
John Welsh	11/06/1857	27 September 1824 – 11 May 1859 Supt. of Kew Observatory
Robert Welsted	13/03/1718	1671 – 1 February 1735 Physician
Thomas Francis Wenman	21/01/1779	18 November 1745 – 8 April 1796
Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam	17/01/1811	4 May 1786 – 4 October 1857
William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford	06/02/1668	8 June 1626 – 16 October 1695
Charles Morley Wenyon	12/05/1927	24 March 1878 – 24 October 1948
Paul Gottlieb Werlhof	26/02/1736	24 March 1699 – 26 July 1767
Johann Georg Heinrich Graf von Werthern	14/02/1765	1735–1790
James West	09/03/1727	2 May 1703 – 2 July 1772
John West, 1st Earl De La Warr	19/12/1728	4 April 1693 – 16 March 1766
Peter Christopher West	18/05/2006	Theoretical Physics, King's College, London
Richard Gilbert West	21/03/1968
Stephen Craig West	09/03/1995	Biochemist, Cancer Research
Thomas Summers West	16/03/1989	18 November 1927 – 9 January 2010 Chemist, Birmingham & Aberdeen Universities
William West	19/02/1846	1793 – 10 September 1851 Chemist
John Hugh Westcott	17/03/1983
William Western	30/11/1721	? 1694 – 22 September 1729
Gerald Westheimer	21/03/1985
Richard Westmacott	25/05/1837	1799 – 19 April 1872
Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster	10/06/1841	22 March 1767 – 17 February 1845
Thomas Stanley Westoll	20/03/1952	3 July 1912 – 19 September 1995
Robert Weston	28/05/1767	1767–1797 FSA
Stephen Weston	01/03/1792	1747 – 8 January 1830 Clergyman
Edward Wetenhall	04/07/1683	7 October 1636 – 12 November 1713
Alan Marmaduke Wetherell	18/03/1971	31 December 1932 – 13 September 1998
Charles Wetherell	16/12/1824	1770 – 17 August 1846
Caspar Wetstein	04/07/1754	- August 1760
Johann Jakob Wetstein	05/04/1753	5 March 1693 – 23 March 1754
Anthony de Wevelinchoven	05/04/1781	- 1789
John Weyland	09/06/1814	4 December 1774 – 8 May 1854
Thomas Whalley	07/04/1708	fl 1708
Richard Wharton	12/07/1810	c. 1765 – 13 October 1828 Barrister and MP
William James Lloyd Wharton	04/06/1886	2 March 1843 – 29 September 1905
Frederick Robert Whatley	20/03/1975
James Whatman	09/01/1840	3 July 1813 – ? 12 March 1887
William Robert Whatton	05/06/1834	17 February 1790 – 5 December 1835
Charles Wheatstone	21/01/1836	February 1802 – 19 October 1875
David John Wheeler	19/03/1981	9 February 1927 – 13 December 2004
Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler	30/05/1968	10 September 1890 – 22 July 1976 (Statute 12)
Michael John Whelan	18/03/1976
William Joseph Whelan	12/03/1992	Biochemist, Miami
Granville Wheler	27/06/1728	August 1701 – 12 May 1770 Revd. Proved electric current.
George Wheler	13/12/1677	1650 – 15 January 1723 Clergyman and Scholar
William Whewell	13/04/1820	24 May 1794 – 6 March 1866
Paul Whichcote	14/01/1675	5 March 1643 – December 1721
Joseph Whidbey	21/11/1805	1755–1833
Richard Whiddington	07/05/1925	25 November 1885 – 7 June 1970
David Hardy Whiffen	17/03/1966	15 January 1922 – 2 December 2002
John Whishaw	23/02/1815	c. 1765 – 21 December 1840
Daniel Whistler	20/05/1663	1619 – 11 May 1684 Original Fellow
Thomas Dunham Whitaker	11/06/1818	8 June 1759 – 18 December 1821
William Whitaker	09/06/1887	4 May 1836 – 15 January 1925
Samuel Charles Whitbread	01/06/1854	16 February 1796 – 27 May 1879
Charles White	18/02/1762	4 October 1728 – 20 February 1813
Errol Ivor White	15/03/1956	30 June 1901 – 11 January 1985
Frederick William George White	17/03/1966	26 May 1905 – 17 August 1994
John White	17/01/1723	2 December 1699 – 7 September 1769
John Graham White	26/05/2005	Clinical psychologist, Liverpool
John William White	11/03/1993
Michael James Denham White	16/03/1961	20 August 1910 – 16 December 1983
Nicholas John White	18/05/2006	Prof. of Tropical Medicine, Thailand
Philip Bruce White	20/03/1941	29 December 1891 – 19 March 1949 Microbiologist
Richard White	26/06/1661	1661 Mathematician
Robert Stephen White	10/03/1994
Simon David Manton White	15/05/1997
Taylor White	29/04/1725	- 26 March 1772
Thomas White	17/11/1726	- 14 November 1754 Clerk of the Errors
Thomas White	19/06/1777	15 October 1724 – 28 February 1797 Ironmonger
William Archibald Armstrong White	13/04/1837	26 May 1776 – 7 December 1847 Barrister and Antiquarian
William Henry White	10/11/1808	fl 1808–1827
William Henry White	07/06/1888	2 February 1845 – 27 February 1913
Caleb Whitefoord	24/06/1784	1734 – February 1810
Alfred North Whitehead	11/06/1903	15 February 1861 – 30 December 1947
John Henry Constantine Whitehead	16/03/1944	11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960
John Whitehurst	13/05/1779	10 April 1713 – 18 February 1788
James Hunter Whitelaw	14/03/1996	28 January 1936 – 16 August 2006 Prof of Mechanical Eng., Imperial College
John Whiteside	03/07/1718	? October 1679 – ? 22 October 1729 Clergyman
Henry Whitfeld	09/03/1786	c. 1741–1813
Gerald Beresford Whitham	18/03/1965	Mathematician, Caltech
George Whitmore	23/11/1797	- 25 November 1805
John Macnaghten Whittaker	17/03/1949	7 March 1905 – 29 January 1984
Edmund Taylor Whittaker	11/05/1905	24 October 1873 – 24 March 1956
Ronald Whittam	15/03/1973
Walter Frederick Whittard	21/03/1957	26 October 1902 – 2 March 1966
David Whitteridge	19/03/1953	22 June 1912 – 15 June 1994
Harry Blackmore Whittington	18/03/1971	24 March 1916 – 20 June 2010 Professor of Geology,Cambridge
Peter Whittle	16/03/1978
Frank Whittle	20/03/1947	1 June 1907 – 9 August 1996
Joseph Whitworth	11/06/1857	21 December 1803 – 22 January 1887
Robert Whytlaw-Gray	10/05/1928	14 June 1877 – 21 January 1958
Robert Whytt	16/04/1752	6 September 1714 – 15 April 1766
Francois Wicardel, Chevalier de Fleury	30/11/1715	1715–1754
Kumar Wickramasinghe	16/04/2019
John Churchill Wickstead	05/04/1716	- May 1774
Elsie May Widdowson	18/03/1976	21 October 1906 – 14 June 2000
Samuel Edward Widdrington	22/12/1842	1787 – 11 January 1856 (Born Samuel Edward Cook)
Karel Frantisek Wiesner	20/06/1969	25 November 1919 – 28 November 1986
Vincent Brian Wigglesworth	16/03/1939	17 April 1899 – 11 February 1994
Robert Wight	07/06/1855	6 July 1796 – 26 May 1872
Dale Brian Wigley	27/05/2004	Scientist, Cancer Research
James Wigram	02/04/1835	5 November 1793 – 29 July 1866
Robert Wigram	27/02/1806	25 September 1773 – 1843
Samuel Wilberforce	18/12/1845	7 September 1805 – 19 July 1873
George Wilbraham	08/03/1821	8 March 1779 – 24 January 1852 MP for Stockbridge, Cheshire and Cheshire North
Roger Wilbraham	28/02/1782	c. 1744 – ? March 1829 MP for Bodmin
Thomas Wilbraham	18/03/1742	c. 1702 – 29 March 1782
Johann Karl Wilcke	30/04/1789	6 September 1732 – 18 April 1796
John Paul Wild	19/03/1970
Henry Wilde	04/06/1886	? February 1833 – 29 March 1919
Andrew John Wiles	16/03/1989
Wilhelmus Wilhelmius	27/01/1743	1720 – 27 December 1771
Israel Wilkes	06/03/1760	c. 1722 – 25 November 1805
John Wilkes	13/04/1749	17 October 1727 – 26 December 1797
Maurice Vincent Wilkes	15/03/1956
Alex James Wilkie	10/05/2001
Andrew Wilkie	02/05/2013
Douglas Robert Wilkie	18/03/1971	2 October 1922 – 21 May 1998 Medical Research, UCL
John Wilkins	22/04/1663	1614 – 19 November 1672 Founder
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins	19/03/1959	15 December 1916 – 5 October 2004
Charles Wilkins	12/06/1788	1749 – 13 May 1836
William Wilkins	02/06/1831	31 August 1778 – 31 August 1839
Guy Wilkinson	09/05/2018
Geordie Williamson	09/05/2018	1981 –
James Hardy Wilkinson	20/03/1969	27 September 1919 – 5 October 1986
John Wilkinson	28/06/1764	- c. 1819
Denys Haigh Wilkinson	15/03/1956
Geoffrey Wilkinson	18/03/1965	14 July 1921 – 26 September 1996
John Gardner Wilkinson	18/12/1834	5 October 1797 – 29 October 1875
William Lionel Wilkinson	15/03/1990	Chemical Engineer (Nuclear Energy)
Mark Wilks	23/02/1826	c. 1760 – 19 September 1831
Samuel Wilks	02/06/1870	2 June 1824 – 8 November 1911
Robert Willan	23/02/1809	12 November 1757 – 12 April 1812
John Willett Willett	08/12/1774	- 26 September 1815
Ralph Willett	21/06/1764	1719 – 13 January 1795
David Willetts (Baron Willetts of Havant)	09/05/2018	9 March 1956 Honorary Fellow
Arthur Willey	05/06/1902	9 October 1867 – 26 December 1942
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland	04/12/1760	15 April 1721 – 31 October 1765 Royal
William Charles Henry Friso, Prince of Orange	07/03/1734	1711 – 22 October 1751 Royal
William Frederick, 2nd Duke of Gloucester	14/01/1797	15 January 1776 – 30 November 1834 Royal
William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester	10/01/1780	14 November 1743 – 25 August 1805 Royal
William IV, King of Great Britain and Ireland	10/03/1831	21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837 Patron
Charles Williams-Wynn	24/05/1827	9 October 1775 – 2 September 1850
Watkin Williams-Wynn	17/06/1773	8 April 1749 – 29 July 1789
Alan Frederick Williams	15/03/1990	25 May 1945 – 9 April 1992
Alwyn Williams	16/03/1967	8 June 1921 – 4 April 2004
Carrington Bonsor Williams	18/03/1954	7 October 1889 – 12 July 1981
Charles Greville Hanson Williams	05/06/1862	22 September 1829 – 15 June 1910
Charles James Blasius Williams	02/04/1835	3 February 1805 – 24 March 1889
David Williams	15/03/1984
Dionysius Williams	08/05/1766	? January 1733 – ? June 1775
Dudley Howard Williams	17/03/1983
Evan James Williams	16/03/1939	8 June 1903 – 29 September 1945 Atomic Physics, Aberystwyth
Frederic Calland Williams	16/03/1950	26 June 1911 – 11 August 1977
James Gordon Williams	10/03/1994
John Williams	06/03/1828	12 April 1778 – 11 August 1849
John Williams	23/03/1671	? September 1642 – ? November 1680 Baronet
John Lloyd Williams	21/05/1801	1801 Physician, Bengal
John Wesley Williams	31/01/1839	1788 – January 1841
Moses Williams	05/11/1719	2 March 1686 – 9 April 1742
Peter Michael Williams	13/05/1999
Reeve Williams	11/01/1699	1682–1703
Richard Tecwyn Williams	16/03/1967	20 February 1909 – 29 December 1979
Robert Hughes Williams	15/03/1990
Robert Joseph Paton Williams	16/03/1972
Roger Williams	03/02/1664	- ? 1665
Roger L. Williams	05/05/2017
Stephen Williams	13/06/1734	c. 1701–1741
Thomas Williams	03/06/1858	4 January 1819 – 23 April 1865 Physician
Timothy John Williams	19/04/2012
Alexander William Williamson	07/06/1855	1 May 1824 – 6 May 1904
Benjamin Williamson	12/06/1879	9 January 1827 – 3 January 1916 Irish mathematician
David Theodore Nelson Williamson	21/03/1968	15 February 1923 – 10 May 1992 Electronic Engineer
John Williamson	15/06/1749	1713 – 25 February 1763 Chaplain in Lisbon
Joseph Williamson	20/05/1663	25 July 1633 – 3 October 1701 Original Fellow
Robert Williamson	13/05/1999	Biochemist, London & Melbourne
William Crawford Williamson	01/06/1854	24 November 1816 – 23 June 1895
Henry Norton Willis	15/12/1791	- 13 August 1819
John Christopher Willis	15/05/1919	20 February 1868 – 21 March 1958
John Raymond Willis	12/03/1992
Robert Willis	22/04/1830	27 February 1800 – 28 February 1875
Thomas Willis	18/11/1663	27 January 1621 – 11 November 1675
Edward Nevill Willmer	24/03/1960	15 August 1902 – 8 April 2001
Henry Willoughby, 5th Baron Middleton	25/01/1787	19 December 1726 – 30 June 1800
Hugh Willoughby, 15th Baron Willoughby of Parham	14/02/1745	- 21 January 1765
Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baron Middleton	30/11/1693	c. 1670 – 17 April 1729
Charles Willughby	25/07/1683	- ? September 1694
Francis Willughby	20/05/1663	1635 – 3 July 1672 Original Fellow
Edward Wilmot	15/01/1730	29 October 1693 – 21 November 1786
Robert John Wilmot	24/05/1821	21 December 1784 – 31 May 1841
Ian Wilmut	09/05/2002
Alan Geoffrey Wilson	18/05/2006
Alan Herries Wilson	19/03/1942	2 July 1906 – 30 September 1995
Alexander Wilson	01/03/1838	c. 1781 – 28 November 1863 Civil servant
Allan Charles Wilson	20/03/1986	18 October 1934 – 21 July 1991
Arthur James Cochran Wilson	21/03/1963	28 November 1914 – 1 July 1995
Benjamin Wilson	05/12/1751	1721 – 6 June 1788
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson	14/06/1900	14 February 1869 – 15 November 1959
Charles William Wilson	04/06/1874	14 March 1836 – 25 October 1905
Colin James Ness Wilson	01/05/2015	1956 - Geologist
George Fergusson Wilson	07/06/1855	25 March 1822 – 28 March 1902 Founder of Wisley Gardens.
Giffin Wilson	16/04/1801	1766 - 1848
Glocester Wilson	28/04/1796	- ? 1852
Graham Selby Wilson	16/03/1978	10 September 1895 – 5 April 1987
Harold Albert Wilson	03/05/1906	1 December 1874 – 13 October 1964
Horace Hayman Wilson	10/04/1834	26 September 1786 – 8 May 1860
Ian Andrew Wilson	11/05/2000	Microbiologist, USA
Isaac Wilson	24/02/1831	c. 1756 – 2 December 1844 Physician to Navy
James Wilson	19/05/1803	1765 – 17 November 1821 Prof of Anatomy to RCS
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx	12/06/1969	11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995 Statute
James Thomas Wilson	06/05/1909	14 April 1861 – 2 September 1945 Prof. of Anatomy, Cambridge
John Wilson	06/02/1845	11 December 1804 – 1 December 1875 Philanthropist & Scholar (Bombay)
John Wilson	19/02/1846	c. 1788 – 10 August 1870 Physician
John Wilson	13/03/1783	6 August 1741 – 18 October 1793
John Tuzo Wilson	21/03/1968	24 October 1908 – 15 April 1993
Robert Wilson	20/03/1975	16 April 1927 – 2 September 2002
Sophie Wilson	02/05/2013
William James Erasmus Wilson	20/02/1845	25 November 1809 – 7 August 1884
William Wilson	03/05/1923	1 March 1875 – 14 October 1965 Physicist, St Andrews Univ.
William Edward Wilson	04/06/1896	19 July 1851 – 6 March 1908 Irish astronomer
James Wimshurst	09/06/1898	13 April 1832 – 3 January 1903
Joseph Windham	08/11/1781	21 August 1739 – 21 September 1810
William Windham	26/01/1744	1717 – 30 October 1761
Alan Hardwick Windle	15/05/1997
Bertram Coghill Alan Windle	01/06/1899	8 May 1858 – 14 February 1929
Colin George Windsor	09/06/1995	28 June 1938 -
Other Hickman Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth	22/04/1773	? 30 May 1751 – 12 June 1799
Johann Heinrich Winkler	08/01/1747	12 March 1703 – 18 May 1770
Rowland Winn	27/11/1673	1609–1676 Merchant
Edward Winnington	10/01/1805	14 November 1749 – 9 January 1805 (died before election)
Gregory Paul Winter	15/03/1990	April 1951 -
John Winthrop	04/04/1734	25 August 1681 – 1 August 1747
John Winthrop	20/05/1663	12 February 1606 – 5 April 1676 Original Fellow
John Winthrop	20/02/1766	19 December 1714 – 3 May 1779
Sir Clifton Wintringham	23/12/1742	1710 – 10 January 1794
Frederick Charles William Wirtemberg, Prince of Wirtemberg	11/05/1797	6 November 1754 – 30 October 1816 honorary
Daniel Wise	09/05/2018	24 January 1971 –
Robert Wissett	24/12/1801	- 3 December 1820
George Witchell	09/07/1767	- 29 January 1785
William Withering	24/11/1785	March 1741 – 6 October 1799
Philip J. Withers	29/04/2016	Materials physicist
Stephen Withers	19/04/2012
Nicolaes Witsen	30/11/1689	8 May 1641 – 10 August 1717
George Witt	05/06/1834	25 March 1804 – 20 February 1869 Surgeon, Bedford Infirmary
William Henry Wittrick	20/03/1980	29 October 1922 – 2 July 1986
Samuel Wix	25/02/1813	9 February 1771 – 4 September 1861
William Wix	12/07/1810	- c. 1847
Charles Godfrey Woide	21/04/1785	4 July 1725 – 9 May 1790
Nathaniel Matthew Wolf	10/04/1777	24 January 1724 – 15 December 1784
Kenneth H. Wolfe	05/05/2017
John Wolfe Wolfe-Barry	13/06/1895	7 December 1836 – 22 January 1918 Tower Bridge builder
Arnold Whittaker Wolfendale	17/03/1977
Christian, Freiherr von Wolff	08/11/1710	24 January 1679 – 9 April 1754
Eric Wolff	20/05/2010
Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson	26/05/2005	11 November 1927 – 20 May 2010 honorary
Isaac Wolfson	20/06/1963	17 September 1897 – 20 June 1991 {Statute 12)
Alexander Luard Wollaston	26/02/1829	14 June 1804 – ? 10 June 1874
Charlton Wollaston	25/03/1756	23 May 1733 – 26 July 1764
Francis Wollaston	27/06/1723	6 June 1694 – 27 December 1774
Francis Wollaston	13/04/1769	23 November 1731 – 31 October 1815
Francis John Hyde Wollaston	23/11/1786	13 April 1762 – 12 October 1823
George Wollaston	17/02/1763	26 October 1738 – 14
William Hyde Wollaston	09/05/1793	6 August 1766 – 22 December 1828
Daniel Mark Wolpert	19/04/2012
Lewis Wolpert	20/03/1980	embryologist
Alan Marshall Muir Wood	20/03/1980
Bernard John Wood	14/05/1998	Geologist
Graham Charles Wood	15/05/1997	Prof. of Corrosion Science, UMIST
John Wood	01/04/1680	- 25 September 1682 Naval surveyor
John Wood	08/06/1871	12 October 1825 – 29 December 1891
John Nicholas Wood	15/05/2009	Biomedicine, UCL
Martin Francis Wood	19/03/1987
Nicholas Wood	02/06/1864	24 April 1795 – 19 December 1865
Richard Dean Wood	15/05/1997	molecular biologist
Robert Wood	19/11/1789	1789 MP
Robert Wood	13/04/1681	? 1621 – 9 April 1685
Ronald Karslake Starr Wood	18/03/1976	Plant Biologist, Imperial College, London
Thomas Wood	19/11/1761	c. 1708 – 26 June 1799
Thomas Wood	20/05/1841	31 March 1804 – 23 October 1872
Thomas Barlow Wood	15/05/1919	21 January 1869 – 6 November 1929 Prof. of Agriculture, Cambridge Univ.
William Wood	24/12/1812	1774 – ? 26 May 1857
William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley	22/12/1836	29 November 1801 – 10 July 1881
Bennet Woodcroft	09/06/1859	29 December 1803 – 07
Samuel Woodford	02/11/1664	15 April 1636 – 11 January 1700 Clergyman
Thomas Woodford	07/04/1708	- 26 March 1759
John Henry Woodhouse	11/05/2000	Prof. of Geophysics, Oxford Univ.
Robert Woodhouse	16/12/1802	28 April 1773 – ? 23 December 1827
Benjamin Woodroffe	30/04/1668	April 1638 – 14 August 1711
David Phillip Woodruff	18/05/2006
Michael Francis Addison Woodruff	21/03/1968	3 April 1911 – 10 March 2001
Andrew W. Woods	05/05/2017
Donald Devereux Woods	20/03/1952	16 February 1912 – 6 November 1964
Henry Woods	11/05/1916	18 December 1868 – 4 April 1952
Stephen Esslemont Woods	21/03/1974	12 January 1912 – 18 June 1994
Arthur Smith Woodward	06/06/1901	23 May 1864 – 2 September 1944
Charles Woodward	29/04/1841	? 1789 – 16 April 1877 Agent
Henry Woodward	12/06/1873	24 November 1832 – 6 September 1921
Horace Bolingbroke Woodward	04/06/1896	20 August 1848 – 06
John Woodward	30/11/1693	1 May 1665 – 25 April 1728
Sidney William Wooldridge	19/03/1959	16 November 1900 – 25 April 1963
Trevor Dion Wooley	17/05/2007
Michael Mark Woolfson	15/03/1984	crystallographer, computer simulation
John Thomas Woolhouse	02/11/1721	c. 1650 – 15 January 1734 Oculist
Herbert Henry Woollard	17/03/1938	1889 – 18 January 1939
Richard van der Riet Woolley	19/03/1953	24 April 1906 – 24 December 1986
John Woolmore	27/05/1830	c. 1756 – 2 December 1838
Paul Workman	29/04/2016	1952 –
Arthur Wormall	15/03/1956	17 January 1900 – 9 May 1964
Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright	04/04/1889	20 October 1840 – 9 January 1903
Henry Worsley	30/11/1705	c. 1675 – 15 March 1740 ambassasdor, MP for Newtown, IoW
Richard Worsley	18/06/1778	17 March 1751 – 8 August 1805
Edward Worth	11/01/1699	c. 1678–1733
Arthur Mason Worthington	01/06/1893	11 June 1852 – 5 December 1916
Brian Stewart Worthington	14/05/1998	9 June 1938 – 9 December 2007 consultant neuroradiologist
William Wotton	14/12/1687	13 August 1666 – 13
Peter Woulfe	05/02/1767	c. 1727–1803
Francis Wrangham	15/11/1804	11 June 1769 – 27 December 1842
Daniel Wray	06/03/1729	28 November 1701 – 29 December 1783
Gordon Richard Wray	20/03/1986	30 January 1928 – 17 August 2005
Christopher Wren	20/05/1663	20 October 1632 – 25 Feb 1723 Founder and President of Royal Society
Christopher Wren	30/11/1693	18 February 1675 – 24 August 1747 Numismatist and MP
Matthew Wren	22/04/1663	20 August 1629 – 14 June 1672 Original Fellow
Thomas Wren	20/05/1663	1633–1679 Clergyman Original Fellow
Almroth Edward Wright	03/05/1906	10 August 1861 – 30 April 1947
Charles Romley Alder Wright	02/06/1881	1844 – 25 July 1894
Edward Wright	05/04/1759	c. 1666 – 20 August 1761 Scottish Physician
Ernest Marshall Wright	26/05/2005
John Wright	01/06/1843	21 March 1793 – 13 February 1893 Clergyman
Richard Wright	19/03/1767	c. 1739 – 14 October 1786
Thomas Wright	12/06/1879	9 November 1809 – 17 November 1884
William Wright	12/03/1778	March 1735 – 19 September 1819
John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley	29/04/1841	4 October 1798 – 27 October 1867
Adrian Frederick George Wyatt	11/05/2000
John Wyatt	12/02/1778	- 2 November 1797 Surgeon
Terry Wyatt	02/05/2013
William Wyatt	08/06/1769	c. 1742 – 1 February 1813 Physician
Jeffrey Wyatville	27/05/1830	3 August 1766 – 10 February 1840
Cyril Wyche	20/05/1663	c. 1632 – 29 December 1707 Original Fellow
Peter Wyche	02/05/1745	25 December 1709 – 1 November 1763
Peter Wyche	20/05/1663	1628–1699 Original Fellow
Edmund Wylde	20/05/1663	c. 1618 – c. 1695 Original Fellow
Andrew Hamilton Wyllie	09/03/1995	pathologist
Peter John Wyllie	15/03/1984	geologist
William Wynde	20/05/1663	c. 1647 – ? April 1722 Original Fellow
Edwin Wyndham-Quin, 3rd Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl	10/04/1834	19 May 1812 – 6 October 1871
Edmund Wyndham	06/12/1677	c. 1659 -
George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont	07/12/1797	18 December 1751 – 11 November 1837
Henry Penruddocke Wyndham	09/01/1783	4 June 1736 – 3 May 1819
Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards	19/03/1970	4 July 1906 – 5 January 1997
Charles Gorrie Wynne	19/03/1970	18 May 1911 – 1 October 1999
William Wynne	06/03/1794	- 1815 Knight
William Palmer Wynne	04/06/1896	13 February 1861 – 16 February 1950
Marmaduke Wyvill	30/11/1711	- 2 November 1722 MP for Richmond.
Marmaduke Wyvill	06/02/1735	1692 – 27 December 1753

Y

Name	Election date	Notes
Magdi Habib Yacoub	13/05/1999	heart surgeon
Elihu Yale	30/11/1717	5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721
Ziheng Yang	18/05/2006
Alfred Fernandez Yarrow	11/05/1922	13 January 1842 – 24 January 1932
Frank Yates	18/03/1948	12 May 1902 – 17 June 1994
James Yates	31/01/1839	30 April 1789 – 7 May 1871
Grant David Yeats	01/07/1819	1773 – 14 November 1836
Thomas Pattinson Yeats	08/03/1781	c. 1782
John Yelloly	05/05/1814	30 April 1774 – 31 January 1842
Talbot Yelverton, Earl of Sussex	01/02/1722	2 May 1690 – 27 October 1731
Gerald Francis Yeo	06/06/1889	19 January 1845 – 1 May 1909
Thomas Yeoman	12/01/1764	1708 – 24 January 1781
Julia Yeomans	02/05/2013
William Yolland	09/06/1859	17 March 1810 – 5 September 1885
Charles Maurice Yonge	21/03/1946	9 December 1899 – 17 March 1986
James Yonge	30/11/1702	27 February 1647 – 25 July 1721 Naval surgeon & Physician
Sir George Yonge	13/05/1784	1731 – 25 September 1812
Sir William Yonge	23/06/1748	10 August 1755
Charles Yorke	13/12/1750	30 December 1722 – 20 January 1770
Charles Philip Yorke	12/11/1801	12 March 1764 – 13 March 1834
Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke	25/02/1847	2 April 1799 – 17 September 1873
John Yorke	18/02/1773	27 August 1728 – 3 September 1801
Philip James Yorke	07/06/1849	13 October 1799 – 14 December 1874
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke	06/12/1753	1 December 1690 – 6 March 1764
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke	29/01/1741	19 March 1720 – 16 May 1790
Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke	25/11/1790	31 May 1757 – 18 November 1834
Warrington Yorke	05/05/1932	11 April 1883 – 24 April 1943 Prof. of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool
Alec David Young	15/03/1973	15 August 1913 – 27 January 2005 aero-engineer
Alfred Young	03/05/1934	16 April 1873 – 15 December 1940
Arthur Young	28/04/1774	11 September 1741 – 20 April 1820
Christopher Alwyne Jack Young	16/03/1972	7 March 1912 – 20 January 1978
Ian Robert Young	16/03/1989
James Young	12/06/1873	13 July 1811 – 13 May 1883
John Zachary Young	22/03/1945	18 March 1907 – 4 July 1997
Pierre Henry John Young	21/03/1974	12 June 1926 – 4 August 1985
Frank George Young	17/03/1949	25 March 1908 – 20 September 1988
George Young	15/02/1781	17 July 1732 – 28 June 1810 Admiral
Robert Young	02/05/2013
Samuel Young	26/03/1795	23 February 1766 – 14 December 1826 Civil servant
Sydney Young	01/06/1893	29 December 1857 – 8 April 1937 Professor of Chemistry, Bristol
Thomas Young	19/06/1794	13 June 1773 – 10 May 1829
William Young	10/03/1748	1725 – 8 April 1788
William Young	15/06/1786	1 December 1749 – 10 January 1815
William Henry Young	02/05/1907	20 October 1863 – 7 July 1942
Charles Wright Younghusband	03/06/1852	20 June 1821 – 28 October 1899
George Udny Yule	12/05/1921	18 February 1871 – 26 June 1951

Z

Name	Date Elected	Notes
Franz Xaver Zach	12/04/1804	4 June 1754 – 2 September 1832
Oliver Louis Zangwill	17/03/1977	29 October 1913 – 12 October 1987 psychologist
Francesco Maria Zannotti	26/02/1741	6 January 1692 – 25 December 1777
Eustachio Zanotti	06/11/1740	27 November 1709 – 15 May 1782
Erik Christopher Zeeman	20/03/1975
Semir Zeki	15/03/1990
Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz	15/03/1979	18 May 1921 – 2 January 2009
John Michael Ziman	16/03/1967	16 May 1925 – 2 January 2005
Andrew Peter Zisserman	17/05/2007
Philip Henry Zollman	22/06/1727	c. 1748
Solly Zuckerman, Baron Zuckerman	18/03/1943	30 May 1904 – 31 March 1993 anatomist, evolutionist

Foreign members

W

Name	Election date	Notes
Otto Heinrich Warburg	03/05/1934	8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970; German chemist, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1931)
James Dewey Watson	09/04/1981
Ernst Heinrich Weber	19/06/1862	24 June 1795 – 26 January 1878
Max Wilhelm Carl Weber	27/06/1935	6 December 1852 – 7 February 1937
Wilhelm Eduard Weber	21/11/1850	24 October 1804 – ? 23 June 1890
Carl Wilhelm Weierstrass	12/05/1881	31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897
Detlef Weigel	20/05/2010
André Weil	21/04/1966	6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998; French U.S. mathematician group theory, algebraic geometry
Steven Weinberg	09/04/1981	U.S. physicist, electroweak force, Nobel Prize (1979)
August Friedrich Leopold Weismann	30/06/1910	17 January 1834 – 5 November 1914
Charles Weissmann	30/06/1983	Hungarian-born Switzerland British molecular biologist
Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went	25/05/1933	18 June 1863 – 24 July 1935
Susan R. Wessler	05/05/2017
Frank Henry Westheimer	30/06/1983	U.S. chemist
Hermann Weyl	25/06/1936	9 November 1885 – 9 December 1955
John Archibald Wheeler	09/03/1995
Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann	31/01/1884	2 October 1826 – 23 March 1899
Heinrich Otto Wieland	25/06/1931	4 June 1877 – 5 August 1957
Torsten Nils Wiesel	24/06/1982
Eugene Paul Wigner	23/04/1970	17 November 1902 – 1 January 1995
Ellen D. Williams	29/04/2016	5 December 1953 –
Richard Willstätter	21/06/1928	13 August 1872 – 3 August 1942
Edmund Beecher Wilson	05/05/1921	19 October 1856 – 3 March 1939
Edward Osborne Wilson	28/06/1990
Øjvind Winge	01/05/1947	19 May 1886 – 5 April 1964 Danish geneticist
Sergius Winogradsky	26/06/1919	14 September 1856 – 24 February 1953
Johannes Wislicenus	01/04/1897	24 June 1835 – 5 December 1902
Edward Witten	13/05/1999	U.S. mathematician and physicist, Fields Medal (1990)
Carl Richard Woese	18/05/2006
Friedrich Wöhler	15/06/1854	31 July 1800 – 23 September 1882
Peter Guy Wolynes	17/05/2007
Robert Williams Wood	26/06/1919	2 May 1868 – 11 August 1955
Robert Burns Woodward	26/04/1956	10 April 1917 – 8 July 1979
Sewall Wright	25/04/1963	21 December 1889 – 3 March 1988
Carl Isaac Wunsch	09/05/2002
Karl Adolph Wurtz	09/06/1864	26 November 1817 – 10 May 1884
Kurt Wuthrich	20/05/2010
Ralph Walter Graystone Wyckoff	19/04/1951	9 August 1897 – 2 November 1994

Y

Name	Election date	Notes
Eli Yablonovitch	02/05/2013
Mitsuhiro Yanagida	11/05/2000
Chen Ning Yang	18/06/1992
Charles Yanofsky	27/06/1985	U.S. scientist, medicine
Hideki Yukawa	25/04/1963	23 January 1907 – 8 September 1981

Z

Name	Year	Notes
Richard Neil Zare	13/05/1999	U.S. physicist
Pieter Zeeman	05/05/1921	25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich	26/04/1979	8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987
Nikolay Zheludev	09/05/2018	23 April 1955 –
Frits Zernike	26/04/1956	16 July 1888 – 10 March 1966
Ahmed Hassan Zewail	10/05/2001
Guangzhao Zhou	19/04/2012
Karl Ziegler	22/04/1971	26 November 1898 – 11 August 1973
Rolf Martin Zinkernagel	14/05/1998
Ferdinand Zirkel	25/11/1897	20 May 1838 – 11 June 1912

References

1. Royal society list Archived 30 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, This list is complete up to and including part of 2014.

External links

• The Royal Society website
  • Complete List of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007 in pdf format
  • Fellows index
• Archive of MacTutor History of Mathematics