List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1778

This is a list of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1778.[1]

Fellows

  1. John Alstroemer (1742–1786)
  2. Wade Toby Caulfeild (1732–1800)
  3. Thomas Cave (1737–1780), naturalist
  4. Henry Dawkins (c.1728–1814), MP [2]
  5. Matthew Dobson (1732–1784)
  6. John Douglas (1721–1807), Bishop of Salisbury
  7. Joseph Else (d. 1780), anatomist
  8. Henry Charles Englefield (1752–1822), antiquary
  9. Anthony Fothergill (1732–1813), physician
  10. Archibald Campbell Fraser (1736–1815), consul and MP
  11. Thomas de Grey, 2nd Baron Walsingham (1748–1818), politician
  12. Alexander Hay, physician
  13. Benjamin Heath (d. 1817), Headmaster of Harrow school
  14. Robert Banks Hodgkinson (c.1721–1822)
  15. William Augustus Howard (d. 1800)
  16. Charles Peter Layard (1749–1903), Dean of Bristol
  17. John Lockman (c.1721–1807), canon
  18. Joseph Nash (d. 1782)
  19. Henry Partridge (d. 1803), barrister
  20. William Preston (1729–1789), Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns
  21. Lancelot Shadwell (d. 1815)
  22. Robert Boyle-Walsingham (1736–1780), Naval officer and MP
  23. James Watson (1748–1796), lawyer
  24. Richard Worsley (1751–1805), MP
  25. William Wright (1735–1819), botanist
  26. John Wyatt (d. 1797), surgeon

References

  1. "Fellows of the Royal Society", Royal Society. "Fellowship from 1660 onwards" (xlsx file on Google Docs via the Royal Society)
  2. "Fellows details". Royal Society.
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