Foreign Member of the Royal Society

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Foreign Member of the Royal Society is a prestigious honorary title awarded by the Royal Society to distinguished non-UK scientists in recognition of their outstanding contributions to science.


Statements (32)
Predicate Object
instanceOf academic distinction
fellowship category of the Royal Society
honorary title
scientific award
alsoKnownAs ForMemRS
Foreign Member, Royal Society
appliesToJurisdiction non‑United Kingdom scientists
awardedBy Royal Society
awardFor distinguished achievement in scientific research
outstanding contributions to science
conferredBy election of the Royal Society
countryOfInstitution United Kingdom
domain academic honors system
eligibility scientists who are not citizens or residents of the United Kingdom
field engineering sciences
mathematics
natural sciences
science
hasHonorificSuffix ForMemRS
hasOfficialWebsite https://royalsociety.org/
hasOrganizer Council of the Royal Society
hasRecipientType individual person
inception 19th century
isPartOf Fellowship of the Royal Society
isSubclassOf fellowship of a learned society
international scientific honor
languageOfName English
notableCharacteristic limited number of living foreign members at any time
recognizes non‑UK scientists only
selectionCriteria international scientific impact
scientific excellence
status prestigious

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Meghnad Saha ("Fellow of the Royal Society")
Tullio Levi-Civita ("Royal Society foreign membership")
awardReceived
ForMemRS
abbreviationFor
Royal Society
hasHonor

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