Fellowship of the

Royal Society of
Edinburgh

Fellowship of the Royal Society of

Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to
individuals that the Royal Society of
Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of
science and letters, judged to be
"eminently distinguished in their subject".
This society received a royal charter in
1783, allowing for its expansion.[1]

Elections
Around 50 new fellows are elected each
year in March.[1] As of 2016 there are
around 1,650 Fellows, including 71
Honorary Fellows and 76 Corresponding
Fellows.[1][2]

Fellows are entitled to use the post-

nominal letters FRSE, Honorary Fellows
HonFRSE, and Corresponding Fellows
CorrFRSE.[3]
Disciplines Fellowship of the
Royal Society of
The Fellowship is Edinburgh
split into four broad
sectors, covering
the full range of
physical and life Sponsor Royal

sciences, arts, ed by Society of

Edinburgh
humanities, social
sciences, education, Location Edinburgh

professions, Website www.rse

industry, business .org.uk

and public life.[4] /fellows/

(https://
www.rse.
 org.uk/fe
A: Life sciences
llows/)
A1: Biomedical
and cognitive sciences
A2: Clinical sciences
A3: Organismal and environmental
biology
A4: Cell and molecular biology

B: Physical, engineering and

informatic sciences

B1: Physics and astronomy

B2: Earth sciences and chemistry
B3: Engineering
 B4: Informatics, mathematics and
statistics

C: Arts, humanities and social

sciences

C1: Language, literature and history

C2: Philosophy, theology and law
C3: History, theory and practice of the
creative and performing arts
C4: Economics and social sciences

D: Business, public service and public

engagement

D1: Public engagement and

understanding
 D2: Professional, educational and public
sector leadership
D3: Private sector leadership

Notable fellows
Examples of current fellows include Peter
Higgs and Jocelyn Bell Burnell.[1] Previous
fellows have included Melvin Calvin,
Benjamin Franklin, James Clerk Maxwell,
James Watt, Thomas Reid, and Andrew
Lawrence.[5]

A comprehensive biographical list of

Fellows from 1783–2002 has been
published by the Society.[6][7]
References
1. "Fellows" (https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow
s/) . The Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland. 21 June 2016.
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/201
90403200447/https://www.rse.org.uk/fello
ws/) from the original on 3 April 2019.
Retrieved 21 June 2019.
2. "RSE Fellows as at 15/03/2016" (https://we
b.archive.org/web/20160330014912/http
s://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fello
ws/lists/fellows.pdf) (PDF). Edinburgh:
Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2016. Archived
from the original (https://www.royalsoced.o
rg.uk/cms/files/fellows/lists/fellows.pdf)
(PDF) on 30 March 2016.
3. "RSE Criteria for Election 2022" (https://rse.
org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Criteri
a-for-Election-2022.pdf) (PDF). Royal
Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved
27 November 2022.
4. "Becoming a Fellow" (https://www.rse.org.u
k/fellows/becoming-a-fellow/) . Royal
Society of Edinburgh. Archived (https://we
b.archive.org/web/20190701225143/http
s://www.rse.org.uk/fellows/becoming-a-fell
ow/) from the original on 1 July 2019.
Retrieved 11 October 2019.
5. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F.
(2016). "Fellows of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh" (http://www-history.mcs.st-and.
ac.uk/Societies/FRSEchron.html) .
MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
 Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/202
21207012435/https://mathshistory.st-andr
ews.ac.uk/Societies/RSE/FRSE/chronologi
cal/) from the original on 7 December
2022.
6. Former Fellows of The Royal Society of
Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 Biographical Index
Part One (https://web.archive.org/web/202
11005142444/https://www.rse.org.uk/cm
s/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_ind
exp1.pdf) (PDF). Royal Society of
Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
Archived from the original (https://www.rse.
org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_inde
x/fells_indexp1.pdf) (PDF) on 5 October
2021.
 7. Former Fellows of The Royal Society of
Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 Biographical Index
Part Two (https://web.archive.org/web/202
11017085443/https://www.rse.org.uk/cm
s/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_ind
exp2.pdf) (PDF). Royal Society of
Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902198-84-X.
Archived from the original (https://www.rse.
org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_inde
x/fells_indexp2.pdf) (PDF) on 17 October
2021.

External links
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