List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1945 explained

This is a list of people elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1945. This includes the first two female fellows: Kathleen Lonsdale and Marjory Stephenson.^[1]

Fellows

• John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
• Leonard Colebrook
• Sir William Scott Farren
• Norman Feather
• Sir John Henry Gaddum
• Sir Harry Godwin
• John Masson Gulland
• Hildebrand Wolfe Harvey
• Vincent Charles Illing
• Albert Edward Ingham
• Herbert Davenport Kay
• Wilfrid Bennett Lewis
• Dame Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale^[1]
• Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
• Sir Rudolf Ernst Peierls
• John Monteath Robertson
• Frederick Maurice Rowe
• Sir William Wright Smith
• Marjory Stephenson^[1]
• Sir Barnes Neville Wallis
• John Zachary Young

Notes and References

1. News: Women as F.R.S. . 5 February 2024 . The Daily Telegraph . 23 March 1945 . 3.