Royal Society of New South Wales - Presidents

Presidents

From 1850 to 1880, the President of the Society was the Governor of New South Wales. In 1881, when the Society was incorporated by an Act of the New South Wales Parliament, the Act provided that Presidents of the Society be elected by the members.

Year/Years Name Discipline Notes
1821-2 Sir Thomas Brisbane Astronomy Governor NSW, Hon. President
1850-5 Hon. E. Deas-Thomson Public Administration Senior Vice-President. Clerk of both the Council of NSW and the Executive & Legislative Council
1855-7 Sir William Denison Engineering Governor NSW, Hon. President
Sir Charles Nicholson Medicine Senior Vice-President
1858-60 Sir William Denison Engineering Governor NSW, Hon. President
Hon. E. Deas-Thomson Public Administration Senior Vice-President. Clerk of both the Council of NSW and the Executive & Legislative Council
1861-5 Sir John Young Law Governor NSW, Hon. President
Rev. W.B. Clarke Geology Senior Vice-President
1866-7 Sir John Young Law Governor NSW, Hon. President
Rev. W.B. Clarke Geology Senior Vice-President
1868-71 4th Earl of Belmore Public Administration Governor NSW, Hon. President
Rev.W.B. Clarke Geology Senior Vice-President
1872-8 Sir Hercules Robinson Public Administration Governor NSW, Hon. President
Rev. W.B. Clarke Geology Senior Vice-President
1879 Lord Augustus Loftus Diplomat Governor NSW, Hon. President
Hon. J. Smith Physics Senior Vice-President
1880 Hon. J. Smith Physics First elected President
1881 H.C. Russell Astronomy
1882 C. Rolleston Statistics Auditor-General
1883 Professor J. Smith Physics Second elected term
1884 H.C. Russell Astronomy Second term
1885 Professor A. Liversidge Chemistry Joint Secretary 1875-1884;1886-1888
1886 C. Rolleston Statistics Second term
1887 C.S. Wilkinson Geology
1888 Sir Alfred Roberts Medicine
1889 Professor A. Liversidge Chemistry Second term
1890 Dr A.Leibius Chemistry Joint Secretary 1875-1885
1891 H.C. Russell Astronomy Third term
1892 Professor W.H.Warren Engineering Joint Secretary 1889-1891
1893 Professor T.P. Anderson Stuart Physiology Joint Secretary 1892
1894 Professor R. Threlfall Physics
1895 Professor T.W.E. David Geology Joint Secretary 1893-4
1896 J.H.Maiden Botany Joint Secretary 1893-5; 1897-1913
1897 HenryDeane Engineering
1898 G.H.Knibbs Mathematics Joint Secretary 1896-7; 1899-1906
1899 W.H.Hamlet Chemistry
1900 Professor A. Liversidge Chemistry Third term
1901 H.C.Russell Astronomy Fourth term
1902 Professor W.H. Warren Engineering Second term
1903 F.B. Guthrie Chemistry Joint Secretary1907-1911
1904 C.O. Burge Engineering
1905 H.A. Lenehan Astronomy
1906 Professor T.P. Anderson Stuart Physiology Second term
1907 Henry Deane Engineering Second term
1908 W.H. Hamlet Chemistry Second term
1909 H.D. Walsh Engineering
1910 Professor T.W.E. David Geology Second term
1911 J.H. Maiden Botany Second term
1912 R.H. Cambage Surveying Joint Secretary 1914-1922; 1925-7
1913 H.G. Smith Chemistry
1914 C.Hedley Zoology
1915 R. Greig-Smith Bacteriology Joint Secretary 1925-6
1916 T.H. Houghton Engineering
1917 Dr J.B. Cleland Microbiology
1918 William Sutherland Dun Palaeontology
1919 Professor C.E. Fawsitt Chemistry
1920 J. Nangle Astronomy
1921 E.C. Andrews Geology
1922 C.A. Sussmilch Geology Joint Secretary 1928-1933; 1936-7
1923 R.H. Cambage Surveying Second term
1924 Dr C. Anderson Mineralogy Joint Secretary 1935-1942
1925 Professor R.D. Watt Agriculture
1926 Dr Walter George Woolnough Geology
1927 Prof. J. Douglas Stewart Veterinary Medicine
1928 W. Poole Engineering
1929 Professor L.A. Cotton Geology
1930 Professor O.U. Vonwiller Physics Joint Secretary 1927-8; 1948
1931 Edwin Cheel Botany
1932 Asst.Prof. W.R. Browne Geology
1933 R.W. Challoner Chemistry
1934 Dr R.J. Noble Agriculture Joint Secretary 1933
1935 A.R. Penfold Chemistry
1936 Major E.H. Booth Physics Joint Secretary 1934-6
1937 Dr W.L. Waterhouse Botany
1938 Professor J.C. Earl Chemistry
1939 Dr H.S.H. Wardlaw Biochemistry
1940 Professor A.P. Elkin Anthropology Joint Secretary 1938-9; 1941-5
1941 D.P. Mellor Chemistry Joint Secretary 1943-7
1942 Professor Henry Priestley Biochemistry
1943 Dr A.B. Walkom Palaeobotany
1944 Dr G.D. Osborne Geology Joint Secretary 1953
1945 Dr A. Bolliger Medicine
1946 Dr F. Lions Chemistry
1947 Dr J.A. Dulhunty Geology
1948 Dr Ronald Aston Engineering
1949 Harley Wood Astronomy Joint Secretary 1948; 1951; 1958-1960
1950 F.R. Morrison Chemistry Joint Secretary 1946-7
1951 Dr R.C.L. Bosworth Chemistry Secretary 1948-50
1952 Dr C.J. Magee Agriculture
1953 Dr Ida A. Browne Palaeontology First female President; Joint Secretary 1950-2; 1957-8
1954 Dr R.S. Nyholm Chemistry
1955 Dr M.R. Lemberg Biochemistry
1956 F.D. McCarthy Anthropology
1957 F.N. Hanlon Geology Joint Secretary 1954-6
1958 J.L. Griffith Mathematics Secretary 1955-7; 1966-8
1959 A.F.A. Harper Physics
1960 H.A.J. Donegan Chemistry
1961 R.J.W. LeFevre Chemistry
1962 W.B. Smith-White Mathematics
1963 Howard McKern Chemist
1964 J.W. Humphries Physics
1965 Dr A.A. Day Geology Joint Secretary 1959-1960
1966 A.H. Voisey Geology
1967 A.H. Low Mathematics Secretary 1963-5
1968 A. Keane Mathematics
1969 J.W.G. Neuhaus Chemistry
1970 W.E. Smith Mathematics
1971 M.J. Puttock Metrologist
1972 J.C. Cameron Geology Secretary 1969
1973 J.P. Pollard Mathematics/Statistics
1974 J.W. Pickett Palaeontology
1975 E.K. Chaffer Geology Secretary 1970-1
1976 D.J. Swaine Chemistry Secretary 1986-8
1977 W.H. Robertson Astronomy
1978 F.C. Beavis Geology
1979 D.H. Napper Chemistry
1980 G.S. Gibbons Geology
1981 B.A. Warren Pathology
1982 T.W. Cole Engineering
1983 R.S. Vagg Chemistry
1984 R.S. Bhathal Astronomy Secretary 1989-91
1985 J.H. Loxton Mathematics
1986 M.A. Stubbs-Race Engineering
1987 F.L. Sutherland Geology
1988 D.E. Winch Mathematics
1989 H.S. Hancock Geology
1990 G.W.K. Ford Nuclear Science Secretary 1993-
1991 E.C. Potter Chemistry
1992 F.L. Sutherland Geology Second term
1993 R.A.L. Osborne Geology
1994 J.R. Hardie Geology/Education Secretary 1992
1995 Dr D.F. Branagan Geology
1996 K.L. Grose Ancient History
1997 E.C. Potter Chemistry Second term
1998 D.J. O'Connor Physics
1999 A.T. Baker Chemistry
2000 P.A. Williams Geology
2001 D.A. Craddock Aeronautics
2002 D.A. Craddock Aeronautics Second term
2003 K. Kelly Science Journalism
2004 K. Kelly Science Journalism Second term
2005 Prof. J.C. Kelly Physics
2006 Prof. J.C. Kelly Physics Second term
2007 J.R. Hardie Geology/Education Second term
2008 J.R. Hardie Geology/Education Third term (not consecutive)
2009 J.R. Hardie Geology/Education Fourth term
2010 J.R. Hardie Geology/Education Fifth term
2011 J.R. Hardie Geology/Education Sixth term
2012 Dr D.C.A. Hector Engineering Editor of Journal & Proceedings 2011-2012

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