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

Section Title: W
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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

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	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

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

Sentence(s)

Wylde became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 20 May 1663.

final_sentence: Wylde became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 20 May 1663.