A report on Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Society and Post-nominal letters

Headquarters of the Royal Society in Carlton House Terrace in London
Coat of arms of the Royal Society
The Zirkel of a German Student Corps. This symbol captures the letters "v, c, f, A", as post-nominal for that fraternity.
Isaac Newton was one of the earliest fellows of the Royal Society, elected in 1672.
Entrance to the Royal Society at 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London
Stephen Hawking was elected a fellow in 1974
John Evelyn, who helped to found the Royal Society.
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Mace granted by Charles II.
Bill Bryson was elected an Honorary Member in 2013
Sir Isaac Newton FRS, President of Royal Society, 1703–1727. Newton was one of the earliest Fellows of the Royal Society, elected in 1672.
David Attenborough was elected a fellow in 1983, under former statute 12
Lord Hardwicke, leader of the "Hardwicke Circle" that dominated society politics during the 1750s and '60s
Brian Cox, a professor of physics, was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 2016 having previously held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF) from 2005 to 2013
Burlington House, where the Society was based between 1873 and 1967
The coat of arms of the Royal Society
J. J. Thomson was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1884.
Stephen Hawking was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1974.
The Royal Society Collections at the University of London History Day, 2019.
The current premises of the Royal Society, 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, London (first four properties only)
Title page of the first edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society published in 1665

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science".

- Fellow of the Royal Society

As of 2020, there are about 1,700 fellows, allowed to use the postnominal title FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society), with up to 52 new fellows appointed each year.

- Royal Society

Fellows are elected for life on the basis of excellence in science and are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FRS.

- Fellow of the Royal Society

Only postnominals indicating honorific fellowships (e.g., FRS, FBA, FREng) are normally used socially.

- Post-nominal letters

Fellows are elected for life and gain the right to use the postnominal Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS).

- Royal Society

A Fellow of the Royal Society uses the post-nominal FRS and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh FRSE, e.g. "Professor Malcolm Longair CBE, FRS, FRSE" (CBE indicating he is also a Commander of the Order of the British Empire).

- Post-nominal letters
Headquarters of the Royal Society in Carlton House Terrace in London

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