List of presidents of the Royal Society

Table columns:
Years
President
President.1
Profession

Table rows:
cells: 1662–1677
The Viscount Brouncker
Mathematician
cells: 1677–1680
Sir Joseph Williamson
Civil servant and politician
cells: 1680–1682
Sir Christopher Wren
Architect, astronomer and physicist
cells: 1682–1683
Sir John Hoskyns, Bt
Lawyer
cells: 1683–1684
Cyril Wyche
Lawyer and politician
cells: 1684–1686
Samuel Pepys
Naval administrator and Member of Parliament
cells: 1686–1689
The Earl of Carbery
Politician
cells: 1689–1690
The Earl of Pembroke
Politician
cells: 1690–1695
Sir Robert Southwell
Diplomat
cells: 1695–1698
Charles Montagu
Poet and statesman
cells: 1698–1703
The Lord Somers
Jurist and statesman
cells: 1703–1727
Sir Isaac Newton
Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian
cells: 1727–1741
Sir Hans Sloane, Bt
Physician and collector
cells: 1741–1752
Martin Folkes
Antiquarian
cells: 1752–1764
The Earl of Macclesfield
Astronomer
cells: 1764–1768
The Earl of Morton
Astronomer and representative peer
cells: 1768-1768
James Burrow
Legal reporter
cells: 1768–1772
James West
Politician and antiquarian
cells: 1772-1772
James Burrow
Legal reporter
cells: 1772–1778
Sir John Pringle
Physician
cells: 1778–1820
Sir Joseph Banks
Naturalist and botanist
cells: 1820-1820
William Hyde Wollaston
Chemist
cells: 1820–1827
Sir Humphry Davy, Bt
Chemist and inventor
cells: 1827–1830
Davies Gilbert
Engineer, author and politician
cells: 1830–1838
HRH The Duke of Sussex
Sixth son of George III of the United Kingdom
cells: 1838–1848
The Marquess of Northampton
Nobleman
cells: 1848–1854
The Earl of Rosse
Astronomer
cells: 1854–1858
The Lord Wrottesley
Astronomer
cells: 1858–1861
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, Bt
Physiologist and surgeon
cells: 1861–1871
Sir Edward Sabine
Astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist and explorer
cells: 1871–1873
Sir George Biddell Airy
Mathematician and astronomer
cells: 1873–1878
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
Botanist and explorer
cells: 1878–1883
William H. Spottiswoode
Mathematician and physicist
cells: 1883–1885
Thomas Henry Huxley
Biologist
cells: 1885–1890
Sir George Stokes
Mathematician and physicist
cells: 1890–1895
Sir William Thomson
Mathematical physicist
cells: 1895–1900
The Lord Lister
Surgeon
cells: 1900–1905
Sir William Huggins
Astronomer
cells: 1905–1908
The Lord Rayleigh
Physicist
cells: 1908–1913
Sir Archibald Geikie
Geologist and writer
cells: 1913–1915
Sir William Crookes
Chemist and physicist
cells: 1915–1920
Sir Joseph John Thomson
Physicist
cells: 1920–1925
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington
Neurophysiologist, histologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist
cells: 1925–1930
The Lord Rutherford of Nelson
Physicist and chemist
cells: 1930–1935
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Biophysicist
cells: 1935–1940
Sir William Henry Bragg
Physicist, chemist and mathematician
cells: 1940–1945
Sir Henry Hallett Dale
Pharmacologist and physiologist
cells: 1945–1950
Sir Robert Robinson
Organic chemist
cells: 1950–1955
The Lord Adrian
Electrophysiologist
cells: 1955–1960
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood
Physical chemist
cells: 1960–1965
Sir Howard Florey
Pharmacologist and pathologist
cells: 1965–1970
The Lord Patrick Blackett
Physicist
cells: 1970–1975
Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin
Physiologist and Biophysicist
cells: 1975–1980
The Lord Todd
Biochemist
cells: 1980–1985
Sir Andrew Huxley
Physiologist and biophysicist
cells: 1985–1990
Sir George Porter
Chemist
cells: 1990–1995
Sir Michael Atiyah
Mathematician
cells: 1995–2000
Sir Aaron Klug
Chemist and biophysicist
cells: 2000–2005
Sir Robert May
Mathematical Biologist
cells: 2005–2010
The Lord Rees of Ludlow
Cosmologist and astrophysicist
cells: 2010–2015
Sir Paul Nurse
Geneticist and cell biologist
cells: 2015–present
Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Biophysicist

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the current president of the royal society
answer: answerTexts: Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan