President of the Royal Society

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The President of the Royal Society (PRS) is the elected head of the Royal Society of London. The position is now awarded to a member of the scientific community of the British Commonwealth for a period of five years, and is one of the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a scientist.

The changeover of Presidents occurs on the Royal Society's Anniversary Day, the weekday on or nearest to 30 November, following the departing President's Anniversary Address.[1]

The current President is The Lord Rees of Ludlow.

[edit] Presidents of the Royal Society

1.	1660-1662	Robert Moray [2] (prior to incorporation)
2.	1662-1677	The Viscount Brouncker
3.	1677-1680	Sir Joseph Williamson
4.	1680-1682	Sir Christopher Wren
5.	1682-1683	Sir John Hoskins
6.	1683-1684	Cyril Wyche
7.	1684-1686	Samuel Pepys
8.	1686-1689	The Earl of Carbery
9.	1689-1690	The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery
10.	1690-1695	Robert Southwell
11.	1695-1698	The Earl of Halifax
12.	1698-1703	The Lord Somers
13.	1703-1727	Sir Isaac Newton
14.	1727-1741	Sir Hans Sloane
15.	1741-1752	Martin Folkes
16.	1752-1764	The Earl of Macclesfield
17.	1764-1768	The Earl of Morton
18.	1768-1768	James Burrow
19.	1768-1772	James West
20.	1772-1772	James Burrow
21.	1772-1778	Sir John Pringle
22.	1778-1820	Sir Joseph Banks
23.	1820-1820	William Hyde Wollaston
24.	1820-1827	Sir Humphry Davy
25.	1827-1830	Davies Gilbert
26.	1830-1838	HRH The Duke of Sussex
27.	1838-1848	The Marquess of Northampton
28.	1848-1854	The Earl of Rosse
29.	1854-1858	The Lord Wrottesley
30.	1858-1861	Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bart.
31.	1861-1871	Sir Edward Sabine
32.	1871-1873	Sir George Biddell Airy
33.	1873-1878	Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
34.	1878-1883	William Spottiswoode
35.	1883-1885	The Rt. Hon. Thomas Henry Huxley, P.C.
36.	1885-1890	Sir George Gabriel Stokes
37.	1890-1895	The Lord Kelvin
38.	1895-1900	The Lord Lister
39.	1900-1905	Sir William Huggins
40.	1905-1908	The Lord Rayleigh
41.	1908-1913	Sir Archibald Geikie
42.	1913-1915	Sir William Crookes
43.	1915-1920	Sir Joseph John Thomson
44.	1920-1925	Sir Charles Sherrington
45.	1925-1930	The Lord Rutherford of Nelson
46.	1930-1935	Sir Frederick Hopkins
47.	1935-1940	Sir William Henry Bragg
48.	1940-1945	Sir Henry Hallett Dale
49.	1945-1950	Sir Robert Robinson
50.	1950-1955	The Lord Adrian
51.	1955-1960	Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
52.	1960-1965	The Lord Florey
53.	1965-1970	The Lord Blackett
54.	1970-1975	Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
55.	1975-1980	The Lord Todd
56.	1980-1985	Sir Andrew Huxley
57.	1985-1990	Sir George Porter
58.	1990-1995	Sir Michael Atiyah
59.	1995-2000	Sir Aaron Klug
60.	2000-2005	The Lord May of Oxford
61.	2005-	The Lord Rees of Ludlow

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