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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2000-03-31 human Ailie Smith updated 2026-04-30 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/A000235b.htm corporateBody Royal Society of New South Wales AACR2 12 December 1866 Start Place Macquarie Centre, New South Wales, Australia Location Macquarie Centre, New South Wales Association Society or Membership Organisation Natural history The Royal Society of New South Wales came into being in 1866. It's predecessors were the Australian Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Science, Commerce and Agriculture (1850 - 1855) the Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856 - 1866). Royal Societies of Australia (2007 - ) Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856 - 1866) Cressie, Noel (1950 - )

Fellow 2020 -

 Taylor, Stuart Ross (Ross) (1925 - 2021)

Clarke Memorial Lecturer 1995

 Simpson, Stephen James (1957 - )

Fellow 2015 -

 Walkom, Arthur Bache (1889 - 1976)

President 1943; Life Member 1955 - 1976

 Anderson, Charles (1876 - 1944)

President 1924

 Voisey, Alan Heywood (1911 - 1995)

President 1966 - 1967; , Clarke Memorial Lecturer 1957

 Osborne, George Davenport (1899 - 1955)

President 1944

 Watt, Robert Dickie (1881 - 1965)

President 1925

 Dun, William Sutherland (1868 - 1934)

President 1918

 Noble, Robert Jackson (1894 - 1981)

Fellow 1920 - 1981; President 1934

 Jones, Barry Owen (1932 - )

Distinguished Fellow 2012 -

 Fawsitt, Charles Edward (1878 - 1960)

President 1919 - 1920

 Pollock, James Arthur (1865 - 1922)

Honorary Secretary 1911 - 1922

 Cotton, Leo Arthur (1883 - 1963)

President 1929 - 1930

 Beavis, Francis Clifford (1924 - 2006)

President 1978 - 1979

 Lumbers, Eugenie Ruth (1941 - )

Fellow 2010 -

 Johnston, Graham Allen Ross (1939 - )

Fellow 2015 -

 Pollock Award and Lectureship in the Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Royal Society of New South Wales (1949 - )

The Society has awarded the Lecture (later Award) since 1949

 Waterhouse, Walter Lawry (1887 - 1969)

President 1937

 White, Frederick William George (1905 - 1994)

Honorary Member 1973 - 1994

 Eggleton, Benjamin J. (Ben) (1970 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Chubb, Ian William (1943 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Belov, Katherine (1973 - )

Fellow 2018 -

 Bilek, Marcela (1968 - )

Fellow 2019 -

 Richards, Henry Caselli (1884 - 1947)

Clarke Memorial Lecturer 1937

 McDougall, Trevor John (1952 - )

Fellow 2015 -

 Vonwiller, Oscar Ulrich (1882 - 1972)

President 1930

 History and Philosophy of Science Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (2013 - )

The Society inaugurated the Medal 2013

 Maiden, Joseph Henry (1859 - 1925)

President 1896 and 1911

 England, Matthew H. (1966 - )

Fellow 2015 -

 Royal Society of New South Wales Award in the Life Sciences (2023 - )

The Society established the Award 2023 with the frist award being made in 2025

 Hedley, Charles (1862 - 1926)

President 1914

 Weiss, Anthony Steven

Fellow 2017 -

 Kavallaris, Maria

Fellow 2019 -

 Watts, William Walter (1856 - 1920)

Fellow 1915 - 1920

 Cox, James Charles (1834 - 1912)

Fellow 1866 - 1912

 Fleming, Peter J. S.

Fellow 2019 -

 Dulhunty, John Allan (1911 - 1994)

President 1947

 Hargrave, Lawrence (1850 - 1915)

Elected Member 1877

 Moyal, Ann Veronica (1926 - 2019)

Fellow ? - 2019

 Quaife, Frederick Harrison (1841 - 1922)

Vice-President 1905 - 1909 and 1912 - 1916

 Onslow, Arthur Alexander Walton (1833 - 1882) Miller, Francis Bowyer (1828 - 1887)

Member (later Corresponding Member) 1866 - 1887

 Kyngdon, Francis Broughton (1848 - 1920)

Vice-President 1894 - 1896; Joint Secretary 1886 - 1893; Member of Council 1893 - 1894, 1896 - 1897.

 Dixon, William Adam (1841 - 1917)

President 1883 - 1884, 1890 - 1891; Councillor 1879 - 1882; 1888 - 1889.

 Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton (Henry) (1871 - 1958)

Chairman, Engineering Section 1903 - 1904

 Lee, Adrian (1941 - 2023)

Fellow ? - 2023

 Maschmeyer, Thomas (1966 - )

Fellow 2014 -

 Green, Anne Josephine

Fellow 2019 -

 Branagan, David Francis (1930 - 2022)

President 1995 - 1996; Fellow 2017 - 2022

 Jameson, Graeme John (1936 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Lenehan, Henry Alfred (1843 - 1908)

President 1905 - 1909

 Manning, Frederick Norton (Norton) (1839 - 1903)

Vice-President 1882 - 1883

 Moore, Charles (1820 - 1905)

Member 1866 -1905; President 1880

 Rolleston, Christopher (1817 - 1888)

Member 1866 - 1888; President 1882 - 1883 and 1886 - 1887

 Scott, William (1825 - 1917)

Member 1866 - 1917; Honorary Secretary 1866 - 1874; Treasurer 1874 - 1878

 Knox, Edward William (1847 - 1933)

Fellow 1877 - 1933

 Challinor, Richard Westman (1874 - 1951)

President 1933 - 1934

 Guthrie, Frederick Bickell (1861 - 1927)

President 1903

 Pell, Morris Birkbeck (1827 - 1879)

Member 1866 - 1879; Member of Council 1869 - 1877

 Berry, Alexander (1781 - 1873)

Member 1867 - 1873

 Lay, Peter Andrew (1955 - )

Fellow 2016 -

 Bryant, Richard Allan (1960 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Kingsford, Richard (1959? - )

Fellow 2018 -

 Warren Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales (2020 - )

The Society has awarded the Prize since 2020

 Bashford, Alison (1963 - )

Fellow 2018 -

 Pond, Susan Margaret

President 2021 - 2024, Fellow 2018 -

 Richards, Evelleen

Fellow 2018 -

 Gaukroger, Stephen Wallace (1950 - 2023)

Fellow 2016 - 2023

 Hibbert, David Brynn (Brynn) (1951 - )

President 2016 - 2018

 Smith, John (1821 - 1885)

President 1880- 1881, 1883 - 1884

 Tebbutt, John (1834 - 1916)

Fellow 1866 - 1916

 Aston, Ronald Leslie (1901 - 1969)

President 1948 - 1949

 Hambley, Trevor William (1955 - )

Fellow 2018 -

 Poggendorff, Walter H. (1907? - 1981)

The Society has awarded the Poggendorff Lectureship since 1987

 Poggendorff Lecture, Royal Society of New South Wales (1987 - )

The Society has awarded the Lecture since 1987

 Leishman, Michelle

Fellow 2023 -

 Baker, Andrew

Fellow 2024 -

 Johnston, Emma Letitia (1973 - 2025)

Fellow 2017 - 2025; Clarke Memorial Lecturer 2018

 Süssmilch, Adolph Carl von de Heyde (1875 - 1946)

President 1922 -1923; Clarke memorial Lecturer 1938

 Morrison, Frank Richard (1895 - 1967)

President 1950 - 1951

 Elkin, Adolphus Peter (1891 - 1979)

President 1940 - 1941

 Stephens, William John (1829 - 1890)

Member 1866 - 1890

 Smith, Henry George (1852 - 1924)

President 1913

 Birch, Arthur John (1915 - 1995)

Honorary Fellow 1986 - 1995

 Nyholm, Ronald Sydney (1917 - 1971)

President 1954 - 1955

 Radom, Leo (1944 - )

Fellow 2016 -

 Napper, Donald Harold (1937 - )

President 1979

 Sloan, Ian Hugh (1938 - )

Fellow 2014 - ; President 2018 - 2021

 James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1954 - )

Awarded by the Society since 1954

 David, Tannatt William Edgeworth (1858 - 1934)

President 1895 and 1910

 Green, Martin Andrew (1948 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Bullen, Keith Edward (1906 - 1976)

Fellow 1974 - 1976

 Earl, John Campbell (1890 - 1978)

President 1938

 Warren, William Henry (1852 - 1926)

Joint Secretary 1889-1891; President 1892 and 1902

 Liversidge, Archibald (1846 - 1927)

President 1885, 1889 and 1902; Joint Secretary 1875 - 1884 and 1886 - 1888.

 Roberts, Alfred (1823 - 1898)

President 1888 - 1890

 New, Elizabeth Joy

Fellow 2018 -

 Craig, David Parker (1919 - 2015)

Fellow 1968 - 2009, Distinguished Fellow 2009 - 2015

 McCoy, Frederick (1817 - 1899)

Honorary Member 1875 - 1899

 Stewart, James Douglas (1869 - 1955)

President 1927 - 1928

 Borwein, Jonathan Michael (1951 - 2016)

Fellow, 2014 - 2016

 Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1948 - )

The Society has awarded the Medal since 1948

 Lions, Francis (1901 - 1972)

President 1946

 Amal, Rose (1965 - )

Fellow 2018 -

 Walsh, Henry Deane (1853 - 1921)

President 1909

 Smith-White, William Broderick (1909 - 1986)

President 1962 - 1963

 Smalley, George Robarts (1822 - 1870)

Vice-President 1867 - 1870

 Hamlet, William Mogford (1850 - 1931)

President 1899 and 1908

 Barnet, James Johnstone (1827 - 1904)

Member 1867 - 1869

 Joshi, Nalini

Fellow 2017 -

 Thamwattana, Ngamta (Natalie)

Fellow 2020 -

 Bolliger, Adolph (1897 - 1962)

President 1945 - 1946

 Cheel, Edwin (1872 - 1951)

President 1931

 Bosworth, Richard Charles Leslie (1907 - 1964)

President 1951 - 1952

 Lemberg, Max Rudolf (Rudi) (1896 - 1975)

President 1955 - 1956

 Royal Society of New South Wales Medal (1884 - )

The Society awarded the Medal between 1884 and 1896, and from 1943

 Walter Burfitt Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales (1935 - )

The Society has awarded the Prize since 1929

 Stanton, Richard Limon (1926 - 2020)

Honorary Member 1988 - 2020

 Crossley, Paul Merlin (Merlin)

Fellow 2014 -

 Penfold, Arthur de Ramon (1890 - 1980)

President 1935 - 1936

 Price, James Robert (Jerry) (1912 - 1999)

Honorary Member 1977 - 1999

 Bennett, George (1804 - 1893)

Member

 Carslaw, Horatio Scott (1870 - 1954)

Fellow 1903 - 1954

 Brown, Gavin (1942 - 2010)

Honorary Fellow 2006 - 2010

 Deane, Henry (1847 - 1924)

President 1897 and 1907

 Wood, Harley Weston (1911 - 1984)

President 1949 - 1950

 McCarthy, Frederick David (1905 - 1997)

President 1957

 McKie, Ernest Norman (1882 - 1948) Glaessner, Martin Fritz (1906 - 1989)

Delivered the Clarke Memorial Lecture of 1953

 Archer, Michael (1945 - )

Elected Distinguished Fellow 2009

 Brown, Ida Alison (1900 - 1976)

President 1953 - 1954; the Society inaugurated the Ida Browne Early Career Medal 2023

 Spies, Brian Roy (1949 - 2020)

Fellow 2016 - 2020

 Bailey, Victor Albert (1895 - 1964)

Received A D Ollé Award 1955

 Nangle, James (1868 - 1941)

President 1920 - 1921

 Clarke, William Branwhite (1798 - 1878)

Senior Vice-President 1866 - 1878

 Cambage, Richard Hind (1859 - 1928)

President 1912 and 1923

 Knibbs, George Handley (1858 - 1929)

President 1881

 Wenham, Stuart Ross (1957 - 2017)

Fellow 2017

 Shine, John (1946 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Sahajwalla, Veena

Fellow 2018 -

 Paxinos, George (1944 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 O'Kane, Mary Josephine (1954 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Bhathal, Ragbir Singh (1936 - 2022)

President 1984 - 1986; Fellow 2018 -2022

 Harper, Arthur Frederick Alan (1913 - 1991)

President 1959 - 1960

 Leibius, Charles Adolph (Carl) (1833 - 1893)

Member 1867 - 1893; President 1890 - 1891

 Jolliffe, Katrina (Kate)

Fellow 2017 -

 Andrews, Ernest Clayton (1870 - 1948)

President 1921; delivered the Clarke Memorial Lecture 1942

 Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1878 - )

The Society has awarded the Medal since 1878

 Threlfall, Richard (1861 - 1932)

President 1894 - 1895

 Wright, Horatio George Anthony (1827 - 1901)

Vice-president 1885 - 1886 and 1891 - 1892; Hon. treasurer 1879 - 1885 and 1893 - 1901; Member of Council 1873 - 1901.

 Wilkinson, Charles Smith (1843 - 1891)

President 1887 - 1888

 Cavill, George William Kenneth (Ken) (1922 - 2017)

Member 1970 - 2017

 Magee, Charles Joseph Patrick (1901 - 1989)

President 1952 - 1953

 O'Connor, Daniel John (1927 - 2014)

President 1998-1999

 Mellor, David Paver (1903 - 1980)

President 1941

 Hush, Noel Sydney (1924 - 2019)

Distinguished Fellow 2010 - 2019

 Archibald Liversidge Medal and Lecture, Royal Society of New South Wales (1931 - )

The Society has awarded the Medal since 1931

 Priestley, Henry (1884 - 1961)

President 1942 - 1943.

 Booth, Edgar Harold (1893 - 1963)

President 1936 - 1937

 Holmes, Edward Charles (1965 - )

Fellow 2017 -

 Cleland, John Burton (1878 - 1971)

President 1917

 Le Fèvre, Raymond James Wood (1905 - 1986)

President 1961 - 1962

 Thomas, David Evan (1902 - 1978)

Clarke Memorial Lecturer 1959

 Öpik, Armin Aleksander (1898 - 1983)

Clarke Memorial Lecturer 1965

 Russell, Henry Chamberlain (1836 - 1907)

Member, 1866 - 1907; President 1881, 1884, 1891 and 1901

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