President of the Royal Society

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The President of the Royal Society is the elected head of the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, overseeing its scientific leadership, governance, and public representation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic office
position of authority
scientific leadership position
appliesToOrganization Royal Society
country United Kingdom
eligibilityRequirement must be a Fellow of the Royal Society
field science
science policy
scientific research
fullNameOfOrganization Royal Society
surface form: Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge
hasJurisdiction Royal Society
hasStyle FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) required of office holder
headOf Royal Society
inception 17th century
isPositionIn Royal Society governance structure
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London, England
surface form: London
officeHolderOf Royal Society
officeType elected office
precededBy office of the original head of the Royal Society (early presidents)
responsibility chairing meetings of the Council of the Royal Society
governance of the Royal Society
public representation of the Royal Society
representing the Royal Society in international scientific forums
representing the Royal Society in national science policy discussions
scientific leadership of the Royal Society
strategic direction of the Royal Society
roleIn United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences
selectionMethod election by the Royal Society’s Council and Fellows
termLength typically 5 years

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Isaac Newton positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Thomas Henry Huxley positionHeld President of the Royal Society
George Stokes positionHeld President of the Royal Society
subject surface form: George Gabriel Stokes
Ernest Rutherford positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Lord Rayleigh positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Michael Atiyah positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Gowland positionHeld President of the Royal Society
subject surface form: Frederick Gowland Hopkins
this entity surface form: president of the Royal Society
Paul Nurse positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Sir Paul Nurse positionHeld President of the Royal Society
subject surface form: Paul Nurse
Joseph Banks positionHeld President of the Royal Society
George Porter positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Robert Robinson positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Sir Hans Sloane positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Robert McCredie May positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Humphry Davy positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Stokes positionHeld President of the Royal Society
subject surface form: George Gabriel Stokes
Andrew Huxley positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Martin Rees positionHeld President of the Royal Society
Venki Ramakrishnan positionHeld President of the Royal Society
George Gabriel positionHeld President of the Royal Society
subject surface form: George Gabriel Stokes
Thomas positionHeld President of the Royal Society
subject surface form: Thomas Henry Huxley
John Lubbock positionHeld President of the Royal Society
William Spottiswoode positionHeld President of the Royal Society