Honorary Fellows

Honorary Fellowship is intended for those who have given distinguished service to the cause of science, or who have brought great benefits to science, but who do not have the scientific achievements of the kind required of those who could be elected as Fellows or Foreign Members. Each year up to 1 Honorary Fellow may be elected. 

There are currently six Honorary Fellows (their election year is given in brackets):

Bill Bryson [2013]

Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg of Wigton [2010]

David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville [2008]

Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve [2007]

Sir Ralph Kohn [2006]

Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Marylebone [2005]