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LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONSby@charlesbabbage

LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS

by Charles Babbage December 5th, 2023
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I had intended to have printed a list of those persons to whom the Royal Society had in past years awarded the Copley medals, and the reasons for which they were given; but having applied to the Council for permission to employ an amanuensis, to copy those awards, either from the minutes, or from the volumes of the Philosophical Transactions, I was surprised at receiving a refusal. I confess it appeared to me, that as a whole, those adjudications did us credit, although I doubted the propriety of many individual cases. As, however, the Council seem to have had a different opinion, and as I had made the application through courtesy, I shall decline printing a list, every individual portion of which has been already published in many ways, although the whole has never been printed in a collected form.

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APPENDIX, No. 3,

MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS, OR HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL.

N. B.—The Numbers are made up to the present year for the Papers, but only to 1827 for Members of the Council.


     No. of     No. of
     Papers     years on
     printed    Council.
     in Phil.
     Trans.————        ———-
       3                 Aberdeen, Earl of.
       3           3     Abernethy, John.
                   2     Allan, Thomas.
       3                 Allen, William.
                   1     Arden, Lord.
                   1     Atholl, Duke of.
       7           2     Babbage, Charles,
                   1     Babington, William.
       1           2     Baily,Francis.
       9                 Barlow, Peter. (C)
                   2     Barnard, Sir F. Augusta.
                   5     Barrow, John.
       2                 Bauer, Francis.
       1                 Bayley, John.
                   1     Beaufort, Francis.
                   2     Beaufoy, Henry.
       5                 Bell, Charles.
                   1     Bingley, Robert.
                   1     Blackburne, John.
                   3     Blake, William.
       1           3     Blane, Sir Gilbert.
       1           1     Blizard, Sir William.
       1           1     Bostock, John.
      12          10     Brande, Wm. Thos. (C)
      16                 Brewster, David. (C)
       6           1     Brodie, B. Collins. (C)
       1                 Bromhead Sir E. F.
       3                 Brougham, Henry.
                   1     Browne, Henry.
                   1     Brown, Robert.
                   2     Brownlow, Earl.
       1                 Buckland, Rev. W. (C)
                   1     Burney, Rev. C. Parr.
                   1     Canterbury, Archbp. of.
                   1     Carew, Rt. Hon. R. P.
       7                 Carlisle, Sir Anthony.
                   2     Carlisle, Nicholas.
       1                 Carne, Joseph.
                   1     Carrington, Sir C. E.
                   2     Charleville, Earl of.
       7           2     Chenevix, Richard. (C)
       3           4     Children, John George.
      10                 Christie, Sam. Hunter.
                   1     Clerk, Sir George.
       2                 Clift, William.
       9                 Cloyne, Bishop of. (C)
                   2     Colby, Colonel Thomas.
                   1     Colebrooke, Henry T.
       2           2     Cooper, Sir Astley P. (C)
                   1     Crichton, Sir Alex.
                   5     Croker, John Wilson.
                   1     Cullum, Sir T. Gery.
       2                 Dalton, John.
                   2     Darnley, Earl of
       1                 Darwin, Robert Waring.
       1                 Davis, John Francis.
       2                 Davy, Edmund.
      13                 Davy, John.
       3                 Dyllwin, Lewis Weston.
       1                 Dollond, George.
                   1     Dudley and Ward, Visc.
       2                 Earle, Henry.
                   1     Egremont, Earl of.
       1                 Fallows, Rev. Fearon.
       8                 Faraday, Michael.
                   1     Farnborough, Lord.
       1                 Fisher, Rev. George.
                   1     Fly, Rev. Henry.
       2                 Foster, Henry.
       1           1     Frankland, Sir Thomas.
       1                 Gibbes, Sir Geo, Smith.
       2          13     Gilbert, Davies.
                   2     Gillies, John.
       5                 Goldingham, John.
       3           1     Gompertz, Benjamin.
                   1     Goodenough, George T.
                   2     Gordon, Sir James W.
       3                 Granville, Augustus B.
       1                 Greatorex, Thomas.
       1                 Greenough, Geo.Bellas.
       1                 Griffiths, John.
       3           1     Groombridge, Stephen.
                   1     Halford, Sir Henry.
       2                 Hall, Basil.
                   1     Hamilton, Wm. Rich.
                   2     Hardwicke, Earl of.
       2                 Harvey, George.
       1                 Harwood, J.
      16          10     Hatchett, Charles. (C)
                   1     Hawkins, John.
       2           2     Heberden, William.
       9                 Hellins, Rev. John, (C)
                   1     Henley, Morton Lord.
      10                 Henry, William. (C)
      12           6     Herschel, John F.W. (C)
                   1     Hoare, Henry Hugh
                   1     Hoare, Sir Richard Colt.
                   2     Hobhouse, Sir Benj.
       1                 Holland, Henry.
     109          16     Home, Sir Everard. (C)
       2                 Hope, Thomas Charles.
       1                 Hosack, David.
       1           1     Horsburgh, James.
       1                 Howard, Luke.
       2                 Hume, Sir Abraham.
       7           2     Ivory, James.C.
                   1     Jekyll, Joseph.
       4           1     Johnson, Jas. Rawlins.
      13           7     Kater, Capt. Henry. (C)
       2                 Kidd, John.
      24           1     Knight, Thomas A. (C)
       1           1     Konig, Charles.
                   2     Lambert, Aylmer B.
                   1     Lansdowne, Marquis of.
       1           1     Latham, John.
       2                 Lax, Rev. William.
       1                 Leach, William Elford.
                   1     Lowther, Viscount.
       2                 Macartney, James.
       2                 Macdonald, Lieut. Col.
                   1     Mac Grigor, Sir James.
                   2     Mac Leay, Alexander.
                   1     Mansfield, Earl of
       4          11     Marsden, William.
                   1     Mathias, Thomas Jas.
                   3     Maton, William George.
       1                 Miller, Lieut. Col. G.
                   2     Montagu, Matthew.
       7           4     Morgan, William.
                   1     Mount Edgecumbe, Earl of.
                   3     Murdoch, Thomas.
                   2     Nicholl, Rt. Hon. Sir J.
                   1     Norfolk, Duke of.
                   2     Ord, Craven.
       1                 Parry, Charles Henry.
                   1     Pepys, Sir Lucas.
       6           2     Pepys, Wm. Hasledine.
       7                 Philip, A. P. Wilson.
       1                 Phillips, Richard.
                   2     Pitt, William Morton.
       1          29     Planta, Joseph.
      19          17     Pond, John.  (C)
       2                 Powell, Rev. Baden.
       2                 Prinsep, James.
       4           1     Prout William.
                   1     Rackett, Rev. Thomas.
                   1     Redesdale, Lord.
                   2     Reeves, John.
       5           3     Rennell, James  (C)
       1                 Rennie, George.
       4                 Ritchie,
       1                 Robertson, James.
                   1     Rogers, Samuel.
       2           1     Roget, Peter Mark.
                   3     Rudge, Edward.
      12                 Sabine, Edward. (C)
                   2     Sabine, Joseph.
                   1     St. Aubyn, Sir John.
       3                 Scoresby, jun. William.
       2                 Scott, John Corse.
       3           1     Seppings, Sir Robert. (C)
       1                 Sewell, Sir John.
                   3     Somerset, Duke of.
                   3     Sotheby, William.
       3           2     South, James. (C)
                   5     Spencer, Earl.
                   3     Stanley, Sir John Thos.
                   3     Staunton, Sir Geo. Thos.
                   2     Stowell,Lord.
                   1     Sumner, George Holme.
       1                 Thomas, Honoratus L.
       2                 Thomson, Thomas.
       1                 Tiarks, Dr. John Lewis.
       1                 Troughton, Edward. (C)
       2                 Ure, Andrew.
                   2     Warburton, Henry.
       1                 Weaver, Thomas.
       1                 Whewell, William.
       3                 Whidbey, Joseph.
       2           3     Wilkins, Charles.
       3                 Williams, John Lloyd.
       1           1     Wilson, Sir Giffin.
                   2     Wilson, Gloucester.
                   1     Yorke, Rt. Hon. Chas.


I had intended to have printed a list of those persons to whom the Royal Society had in past years awarded the Copley medals, and the reasons for which they were given; but having applied to the Council for permission to employ an amanuensis, to copy those awards, either from the minutes, or from the volumes of the Philosophical Transactions, I was surprised at receiving a refusal. I confess it appeared to me, that as a whole, those adjudications did us credit, although I doubted the propriety of many individual cases. As, however, the Council seem to have had a different opinion, and as I had made the application through courtesy, I shall decline printing a list, every individual portion of which has been already published in many ways, although the whole has never been printed in a collected form.



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