# Presidentes da Royal Society

O presidente da Royal Society (PRS) é eleito entre a comunidade científica da Commonwealth para um mandato de cinco anos. Os três presidentes que ficaram mais tempo no cargo foram sir Joseph Banks (1778–1820: 42 anos), sir Isaac Newton (1703–1727: 24 anos) e sir Hans Sloane (1727–1741: 14 anos). O presidente atual, desde novembro de 2020, é o estatístico Adrian Smith.

## Século XVII

| Período | Tempo (anos) | Presidente |
| 1660–1662 | 2 | Robert Moray |
| 1662–1677 | 5 | William Brouncker |
| 1677–1680 | 3 | sir Joseph Williamson |
| 1680–1682 | 2 | sir Christopher Wren |
| 1682–1683 | 1 | sir John Hoskins |
| 1683–1684 | 1 | sir Cyril Wyche |
| 1684–1686 | 2 | Samuel Pepys |
| 1686–1689 | 3 | John Vaughan |
| 1689–1690 | 1 | Thomas Herbert |
| 1690–1695 | 5 | sir Robert Southwell |
| 1695–1698 | 3 | Charles Montagu |

## Século XVIII

| Período | Tempo (anos) | Presidente |
| 1698–1703 | 5 | John Somers |
| 1703–1727 | 24 | sir Isaac Newton |
| 1727–1741 | 14 | sir Hans Sloane |
| 1741–1752 | 11 | Martin Folkes |
| 1752–1764 | 12 | George Parker (conde de Macclesfield) |
| 1764–1768 | 4 | James Douglas (conde de Morton) |
| 1768–1768 | 0 | James Burrow (depois sir James Burrow) |
| 1768–1772 | 4 | James West |
| 1772–1772 | 0 | James Burrow (depois sir James Burrow) |
| 1772–1778 | 6 | sir John Pringle |

## Século XIX

| Período | Tempo (anos) | Presidente |
| 1778–1820 | 42 | sir Joseph Banks |
| 1820–1820 | 0 | William Hyde Wollaston |
| 1820–1827 | 7 | sir Humphry Davy |
| 1827–1830 | 3 | Davies Gilbert |
| 1830–1838 | 8 | Augustus Frederick (duque de Sussex) |
| 1838–1848 | 10 | Joshua Alwyne Compton (marquês de Northampton) |
| 1848–1854 | 6 | William Parsons (conde de Rosse) |
| 1854–1858 | 4 | John Wrottesley |
| 1858–1861 | 3 | sir Benjamin Collins Brodie |
| 1861–1871 | 10 | sir Edward Sabine |
| 1871–1873 | 2 | sir George Biddell Airy |
| 1873–1878 | 5 | sir Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| 1878–1883 | 5 | William Spottiswoode |
| 1883–1885 | 2 | Thomas Henry Huxley |
| 1885–1890 | 5 | sir George Gabriel Stokes |
| 1890–1895 | 5 | sir William Thomson (lord Kelvin) |
| 1895–1900 | 5 | Joseph Lister (lord Lister) |

## Século XX

| Período | Tempo (anos) | Presidente |
| 1900–1905 | 5 | sir William Huggins |
| 1905–1908 | 3 | John William Strutt (lord Rayleigh) |
| 1908–1913 | 5 | sir Archibald Geikie |
| 1913–1915 | 2 | sir William Crookes |
| 1915–1920 | 5 | sir Joseph John Thomson |
| 1920–1925 | 5 | sir Charles Scott Sherrington |
| 1925–1930 | 5 | Ernest Rutherford (barão Rutherford de Nelson, Nova Zelândia) |
| 1930–1935 | 5 | sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins |
| 1935–1940 | 5 | sir William Henry Bragg |
| 1940–1945 | 5 | sir Henry Dale |
| 1945–1950 | 5 | sir Robert Robinson |
| 1950–1955 | 5 | Edgar Douglas Adrian (depois barão Adrian de Cambridge) |
| 1955–1960 | 5 | sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood |
| 1960–1965 | 5 | sir Howard Florey (depois barão Florey de Adelaide, Austrália e Marston, Oxford) |
| 1965–1970 | 5 | Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett (depois lord Blackett de Chelsea) |
| 1970–1975 | 5 | sir Alan Hodgkin |
| 1975–1980 | 5 | Alexander Todd (barão Todd de Trumpington) |
| 1980–1985 | 5 | sir Andrew Huxley |
| 1985–1990 | 5 | George Porter (barão Porter de Luddenham) |
| 1990–1995 | 5 | sir Michael Atiyah |
| 1995–2000 | 5 | sir Aaron Klug |

## Século XXI

| Período | Tempo (anos) | Presidente |
| 2000–2005 | 5 | Robert May (lord May de Oxford) |
| 2005–2010 | 5 | Martin Rees (barão Rees de Ludlow) |
| 2010–2015 | 5 | sir Paul Nurse |
| 2015–2020 | 5 | sir Venki Ramakrishnan |
| 2020–2025 | 5 | sir Adrian Smith |