How did Jocelyn Bell Burnell succeed John Arbuthnott as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh?
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John Arbuthnott (microbiologist) Sir John Peebles Arbuthnott, PPRSE, FRCPSG, FMedSci, FRCPath (born 8 April 1939) is a Scottish microbiologist, and was Principal of the University of Strathclyde. He succeeded Lord Wilson of Tillyorn as President of The Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2011 and was succeeded by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell in October 2014.
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell, (born 15 July 1943) is a Northern Irish astrophysicist. As a postgraduate student, she discovered the first radio pulsars while studying and advised by her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish, for which Hewish shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with astronomer Martin Ryle. Bell Burnell was excluded, despite having been the first to observe and precisely analyse the pulsars. Bell Burnell was President of the Royal Astronomical Society from 2002 to 2004, president of the Institute of Physics from October 2008 until October 2010, and was interim president following the death of her successor, Marshall Stoneham, in early 2011. She was succeeded in October 2011 by Sir Peter Knight. Bell Burnell was elected as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in October 2014. In March 2013 she was elected Pro-Chancellor of the University of Dublin.
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Andrew Halliday Douglas Andrew Halliday Douglas (1819-1908) was a Scottish physician who served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 1869 to 1871. He was one of the founders of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society with Peter David Handyside.
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Peter David Handyside Dr Peter David Handyside FRSE FRCSE (1808-1881) was a Scottish surgeon and anatomist. He served as President of the Royal Medical Society in 1828. He won the Harveian Society Medal in 1827 and served as their Secretary in 1837. He was also President of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh in his old age (1871).
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Alexander Burns Wallace Alexander "Alister" Burns Wallace {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'CBE FRSE FRCSE', '4': "} (1906–1974) was a Scottish plastic surgeon. He was a founding member and president (1951) of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons, and the first editor of the "British Journal of Plastic Surgery".
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Edinburgh Mathematical Notes Edinburgh Mathematical Notes was a mathematics journal published from 1909 until 1961 by the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.
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Donald MacAlister Sir Donald MacAlister, 1st Baronet of Tarbet {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (17 May 1854 – 15 January 1934) was a Scottish physician who was Principal and Vice-Chancellor and, later, Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles intellectual secret society, from 1876. From 1904 to 1931 he was President of the General Medical Council.
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President of the RSUA The President of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects is its chief executive officer and its representative to the Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The President is elected by the membership of the Society, usually for a term of two years. The President, as of 12 July 2012 , is Alan Jones.
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Cosmo Gordon Cosmo Gordon of Cluny FRSE (1736) was a Scottish politician, agricultural improver and co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was MP for Nairnshire 1774 to 1777. He was Baron of the Exchequer 1777 until death. He was twice Rector of Marischal College in Aberdeen.
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Peter Hume Brown Peter Hume Brown, FBA (17 December 1849 – 1 December 1918) was a Scottish historian and professor who played an important part in establishing Scottish history as a significant academic discipline. As well as teaching and writing, he spent 16 years as editor of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, and served as Historiographer Royal.
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Regius Professor of Engineering (Edinburgh) The Regius Chair of Engineering is a royal professorship in engineering, established since 1868 in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Chair is attached to the university's College of Science & Engineering, based in the King's Buildings in Edinburgh. Appointment to the Regius Chair is by Royal Warrant from the British monarch, on the recommendation of Scotland's First Minister.
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Francis Richard Fraser Sir Francis Richard Fraser (14 February 1885 – 2 October 1964) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, the Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Edinburgh and member of the Royal Society, and Susanna Margaret Duncan. After attending Edinburgh Academy and Christ's College at Cambridge University, Fraser received his medical training from the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1910 with M.B., Ch.B. He interned at the Royal Infirmary and the Hospital for Sick Children, both in Edinburgh. In 1922, he received his M.D. from the University of Edinburgh Medical School. By chance, due to an illness of his father's, Fraser was asked to host a dinner in honor of Abraham Flexner. Flexner convinced Fraser to go to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in the United States for his postgraduate work.
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Robert Daun Dr Robert Daun FRSE FRCS (1785 – 1871) was a prominent figure in 19th century Scotland with a colourful life, ranging from being with the Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo to being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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Charles Arbuthnot (abbot) Charles Arbuthnot (5 March [O.S. 22 February] 1737 – 19 April 1820) was a renowned Scottish abbot of the Scots Monastery, Regensburg, and a leading Bavarian mathematician of his time.
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James Haig Ferguson James Haig Ferguson FRSE FRCPE PRCSE LLD (18 December 1862 – 2 May 1934) was a prominent Scottish gynaecologist. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1929-31. He chaired the Central Midwives Board of Scotland. He was also a manager of Donaldson's School for the Deaf. In 1929 he was a founder of the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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John Thomson-Walker Sir John William Thomson-Walker, OBE, DL, FRCS (born 6 Aug. 1871, died 5 Oct. 1937, aged 67) was a Scottish surgeon, Hunterian Professor of Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a leader in the field of urology. He was knighted in 1922, was President of the Urology Section of the Royal Society of Medicine in 1922, president of the Medical Society of London in 1933 and president of the Société internationale d'Urologie Congress in 1933.
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Fellow of the British Academy Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. There are three kinds of fellowship
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Alexander Robert Johnston Alexander Robert Campbell-Johnston (14 June 1812 – 21 January 1888) was a British colonial official who served twice as Acting Administrator of Hong Kong from 1841 to 1842. He also served in the Executive and Legislative Councils of Hong Kong. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1845 for his work on the natural history of China.
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Bishop of Edinburgh The Bishop of Edinburgh is the ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Edinburgh.
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Andrew Dalzell Prof Andrew Dalzell (sometimes shown as Andrew Dalzel or Andrew Dalziel) FRSE (1742–1806) was a Scottish scholar and prominent figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. In 1783 he was a co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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John James Burnet Sir John James Burnet, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': 'FRSE FRIBA RSA RA', '4': "} (31 March 1857 – 2 July 1938) was a Scottish Edwardian architect who was noted for a number of prominent buildings in Glasgow, Scotland and London, England. He was the son of the architect John Burnet, and later went into partnership with his father, joining an architectural firm which would become an influential force in British Modern architecture in the 20th century.
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John MacWhirter (physician) Dr John MacWhirter FRSE PRCPE (1783–1854) was a 19th-century Scottish physician who served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1831 to 1833.