Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge atau secara ringkasnya Royal Society (bahasa Melayu: Persatuan Diraja) merupakan sebuah persatuan terpelajar yang ditubuhkan pada 1660. Persatuan ini mengakui diri sebagai persatuan terpelajar yang ditubuhkan paling awal di dunia. Royal Society merupakan akademi sains di United Kingdom dan menerima peruntukan £40 juta setiap tahun daripada kerajaan. Sebuah badan sukarela, Royal Society juga merupakan ahli Science Council.
Senarai Presiden
- Sir Christopher Wren (1680-1682)
- Samuel Pepys (1684-1686)
- Charles Montagu (1695-1698)
- The Lord Somers (1698-1703)
- Sir Isaac Newton (1703-1727)
- Joseph Banks (1778-1820)
- Sir Humphry Davy (1820-1827)
- Prince Augustus, Duke Sussex (1830-1838)
- William Parsons, Earl Ke-3 Rosse (1848-1854)
- Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1873-1878)
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1883-1885)
- George Gabriel Stokes (1885-1890)
- William Thomson, Baron Pertama Kelvin (1890-1895)
- Joseph Lister, Baron Pertama Lister (1895-1900)
- Sir William Huggins (1900-1905)
- John William Strutt, Baron Ke-3 Rayleigh (1905-1908)
- Sir Joseph John Thomson (1915-1920)
- Sir Ernest Rutherford (1925-1930)
- Sir William Henry Bragg (1935-1940)
- Sir Henry (Hallett) Dale (1940-1945)
- Robert May, Baron May dari Oxford (2000-2005)
- Martin Rees, Baron Rees dari Ludlow (2005-)
Pautan luar
- The Royal Society website — RS list of Fellows — Citations arranged by year of election
- The Royal Society Publishing website Diarkibkan 2008-07-15 di Wayback Machine
- Digital Journal Archive Diarkibkan 2008-11-21 di Wayback Machine
- The Royal Society of London (a brief history)
- Scholarly Societies Project: Royal Society of London Diarkibkan 2006-07-03 di Wayback Machine
- Three lectures presented at the Royal Society by Harry Kroto (Faraday Lecture), Paul Hoffman (Paul Erdos), Paul Davies (Blackholes, Worm Holes and Time Travel). Freeview video from the Vega Science Trust
- A visualisation of the Royal Society's publications from 1665 to 2005
