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The Aesculapian Club has had many notable former members. The following sections give a list of former members of the Club in chronological order of their year of election.[1][2]

1770's

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List of Members elected in the 1770s.
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
1 Dr. Andrew Duncan 'The Elder' 1773 Died 1828
2 Mr. William Chalmer[3] 1773 Died 1784
3 Mr. Andrew Wood[4] 1773 Resigned 1803; Died 1821
4 Dr. James Lind 1773 Resigned 1774; Died 1812
5 Dr. James Hamilton "Senior"[5] 1773 Resigned 1798; Died 1835
6 Mr. Benjamin Bell 1773 Resigned 1798; Died 1806
7 Mr. Thomas Hay[6] 1773 Resigned 1803–11; Died 1816/17
8 Mr. Forrest Dewar 1773 Resigned 1803–11; Died 1817
9 Mr. Hamilton McLure 1773 Died 1789
10 Mr. Colin Lauder 1773 Resigned 1792; Died 1831
11 Mr. John Balfour[7] 1773 Died 1779
12 Dr. Nathaniel Spens 1773 Resigned 1789; Died 1815
13 Mr. Alexander Wood 1773 Died 1807
14 Mr. Alexander Hamilton 1773 Resigned 1788; Died 1802
15 Sir James Hay[8][9] 1774 Resigned 1784; Died 1810
16 Dr. John Hope 1774 Resigned 1784; Died 1786
17 Mr. Thomas Wood[10] 1777 Resigned 1784
18 Dr. Robert Langlands 1779 Died 1792

There are two individuals called James Lind who were Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh at this time. The older James Lind was born in 1716 and is most famous for conducting research into the cause and treatment of scurvy. His younger cousin James Lind was born in 1736 and was a physician with interests in natural sciences and botany. He was a similar age to the other founding members making it more likely that he was the Aesculapian. Aesculapian Lind resigned membership of the club after only 11 months in March 1774. In 1774, the younger James Lind is known to have failed to secure a professorship in Edinburgh.[11] Dr Andrew Duncan 'The Elder' and Daniel Rutherford were also applicants.

1780's

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List of members elected in the 1780s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
19 Dr. Daniel Rutherford 1784 Died 1819
20 Mr. William Inglis 1784 Resigned 1790; Died 1792
21 Dr. Alexander Monro "Secundus" 1784 Resigned 1790; Died 1817
22 Dr. Thomas Cochrane[12] 1788 Resigned 1793
23 Dr. Charles Congalton[13][14] 1789 Resigned 1794
24 Dr. Thomas Spens 1789 Resigned 1803; Died 1842

1790's

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List of Members elected in the 1790s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
25 Dr. Andrew Wardrop[15] 1790 Resigned 1798; Died 1823
26 Dr. Andrew Inglis[16] 1790 Resigned 1798; Died 1834
27 Dr. James Home[17] 1792 Resigned 1826; Died 1844
28 Dr. Colin Drummond[18] 1793 Resigned 1795
29 Mr. John Walker[19] 1794 Resigned 1819; Died 1841
30 Mr. James Clark[20] 1794 Resigned 1798
31 Mr. Thomas Wood[10] 1796 Resigned 1803–11; Died 1821
32 Mr. George Wood[21] 1796 Resigned 1833
33 Mr. James Russell 1796 Resigned 1789; Died 1836
34 Mr. Henry Johnston[22] 1796 Resigned 1799
35 William Harkness 1796 Resigned 1797
36 Rev. Dr. William Greenfield 1796 Resigned 1797; Died 1827
37 Mr. James Anderson[23][24][25][26] 1798 Resigned 1800; Died 1817
38 Dr. William Brown[27] 1799 Resigned 1801; Died 1818
39 Dr. James Buchan[28] 1799 Resigned 1832

There is no record of a William Harkness being a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, but a Walter Harkness became a Fellow in 1792.[29]

There is no record that William Greenfield was a Fellow of either the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh or the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh in 1793 and it was a custom of that Society that non-medical guests who joined in heartily with the proceedings could be invited on multiple occasions and became honorary members by acclamation.[30]

It appears that Thomas Wood was re-elected to the Club in 1796 having resigned membership in 1784.

1800's

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List of members elected in the 1800s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
40 Dr. William Farquharson 1801 Resigned 1819; Died 1823
41 Mr. James Bryce[31] 1801 Died 1826
42 Dr. John Herdman[32] 1801 Resigned 1803–11; Died 1842
43 Mr. Alexander Gillespie 1803 Resigned 1859; Died 1859
44 Dr. Thomas Charles Hope 1805 Resigned 1817; Died 1844
45 Dr. Andrew Duncan 'The Younger' 1805 Died 1832
46 Dr. George Kellie 1805 Resigned 1805–11; Died 1829
47 Dr. Charles Anderson[33] 1805 Resigned 1805-11
48 Mr. James Wardrop 1805 Resigned 1805-11
49 Dr. Alexander Wylie 1809 1817

1810's

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List of members elected in the 1810s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
50 Dr. James Hamilton 'The Younger' 1810 1824; Died 1839
51 Dr. John Barclay 1810 Died 1826
52 Mr. John Allan[34][35] 1810 Resigned 1825; Died 1850
53 Dr. Henry Dewar 1816 Died 1823

There is no record of John Allan being a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1811 and became a mate on an 'Indiaman' sailing ship in that same year. John Allan and John Barclay were both elected to the Aesculapian Club on 6 May 1810; Allan's publication from 1825[34] was 'communicated' by John Barclay.

1820's

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List of members elected in the 1820s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
54 Dr. Robert Graham 1820 Resigned 1835; Died 1845
55 Dr. John Aitkin[36] 1820 Resigned 1830; Died 1860
56 Dr. John Warroch Pursell[37] 1820 Died 1835
57 Mr. William Wood 1820 Resigned 1831; Died 1858
58 Sir George Ballingall 1821 Resigned 1841; Died 1855
59 Dr. George Borthwick 1821 Resigned 1839; Died 1844
60 Dr. Robert Hamilton[38][39] 1821 Resigned 1853; Died 1868
61 Dr. William Pulteney Alison 1821 Resigned 1840; Died 1859
62 Dr. James Millar (or Miller) 1822 Died 1827
63 Dr. Richard Huie 1823 Resigned 1843; Died 1867
64 Dr. Henry Cullen 1824 Died 1828
65 Dr. William Howison[40] 1825 Resigned 1832
66 Dr. John Thatcher[41][42][43] 1826 Died 1853
67 Dr. John MacWhirter 1826 Resigned 1853; Died 1854
68 Dr. William Moncrieff§ 1826 Died 1836
69 Dr. John Argyll Robertson 1827 Resigned 1845; Died 1855
69 Dr. John Campbell 1828 Resigned 1838; Died 1867
70 Dr. David Maclagan 1828 Resigned 1865; Died 1865
71 Dr. Richard Poole 1829 Resigned 1833; Died 1871

§ Dr. Moncrieff was appointed physician to the New Town Dispensary, Edinburgh on 1 December 1817 and physician to the Royal Public Dispensary in January 1822. On 12 December 1823 he applied for the vacant position of physician to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.[44] In 1827, Dr. Moncrieff was Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.[45]

1830's

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List of members elected in the 1830s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
73 Dr. Robert Lewins[46][47] 1830 Resigned 1843
74 Dr. William Beilby 1831 Resigned 1841; Died 1849
75 Mr. George Hamilton Bell[48][49] 1832 Resigned 1841; Died 1862
76 Dr. Samuel Alexander Pagan 1832 Resigned 1863; Died 1867
77 Dr. John Home Peebles[50][51] 1833 Resigned 1840
78 Dr. Thomas Stewart Traill 1833 Resigned 1837; Died 1862
79 Sir William Newbigging 1833 Resigned 1839; Died 1852
80 Dr. Alexander Macaulay[52][53] 1834 Resigned 1844; Died 1868
81 Dr. William Gregory 1834 Resigned 1837; Died 1858
82 Robert Nasmyth 1835 Resigned 1860; Died 1870
83 Dr. Charles Anderson 1836 Resigned 1846; Died 1855
84 Dr. David Hay[54] 1836 Resigned 1841; Died 1843/4
85 Dr. Peter David Handyside 1837 Resigned 1849; Died 1881
86 Dr. John C Douglas Smith Snr 1838 Died 1879
87 Dr. Charles Ransford 1839 Resigned 1848; Died 1886
88 Dr. James Simson 1839 Died 1876

1840's

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List of members elected in the 1840s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
89 Dr. Robert Omond 1840 Resigned 1878; Died 1881
90 Dr. William Seller 1841 Died 1869
91 Dr. Robert Bowes Malcolm 1841 Resigned 1878; Died 1894
92 Dr. James Scarth Combe 1843 Resigned 1876; Died 1883
93 Dr. Charles Bell[55] 1843 Resigned 1860; Died 1891
94 Professor James Miller 1843 Died 1864
95 Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan 1843 Died 1900
96 Dr. William Henderson 1843 Resigned 1845; Died 1872
97 Dr. John Graham MacDonald Burt 1843 Died 1868
98 Dr. Andrew Fyfe 1844 Resigned 1844; Died 1861
99 Dr. George Andrew Paterson[56] 1845 Resigned 1850, but remained an 'Emeritus Aesculapian'; Died 1893
100 Dr. John Coldstream 1845 Resigned 1860; Died 1863
101 Dr. Patrick Small Weir Newbigging 1845 Died 1864
102 Dr. John Hutton 'Woody Fibre' Balfour 1846 Resigned 1883; Died 1884
103 Dr. James Begbie 1848 Resigned 1857; Died 1869
104 Professor James Syme 1849 Resigned 1857; Died 1870

The Aesculapian Club photograph album entry for Charles Bell erroneously includes a copy of the portrait of Sir Charles Bell, whose name is given to unilateral paralysis of the facial nerve (Bell's palsy). Sir Charles Bell died in 1842 and was not a member of the Aesculapian Club. Aesculapian Charles Bell was the nephew of Sir Charles Bell and the younger brother of Aesculapian George Hamilton Bell.[55]

1850's

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List of members elected in the 1850s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
105 Sir James Young Simpson 1850 Died 1870
106 William Brown[57] 1852 Resigned 1871; Died 1873
107 Dr. John Taylor[58] 1854 Died 1856
108 Mr. Benjamin Bell[59] 1854 Died 1883
109 Dr. Andrew Wood 1857 Died 1881
110 Dr. James Dunsmure 1857 Resigned 1886; Died 1886
111 Dr. James Donaldson Gillespie[60] 1858 Died 1891

1860's

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List of members elected in the 1860s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
112 Sir Patrick Heron Watson 1860 Died 1908
113 Dr. William Henry Lowe 1860 Resigned 1875; Died 1900
114 Dr. Thomas Graham Weir[61][62] 1861 Resigned 1894; Died 1896
115 Dr. Daniel Rutherford Haldane 1864 Died 1887
116 Professor William Rutherford Sanders 1865 Died 1881
117 Sir William Turner 1868 Died 1916

1870's

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List of members elected in the 1870s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
118 John Duncan 1870 Died 1899
119 Dr. James Matthews Duncan 1870 Resigned 1877; Died 1890
120 Dr. James Warburton Begbie 1870 Died 1876
121 Lord Joseph Lister 1872 Resigned 1877; Died 1912
122 Dr. John Smith Jr. 1876 Resigned 1910; Died 1910
123 Dr. Robert Paterson[63] 1876 Resigned 1881; Died 1889
124 Dr. Joseph Bell 1876 Resigned 1910; Died 1911
125 Dr. Claud Muirhead[64] 1876 Died 1910
126 Dr. Douglas Argyll Robertson 1878 Resigned 1904; Died 1909
127 Professor John Wyllie[65] 1878 Died 1916
128 Professor William Rutherford 1878 Died 1899
129 Dr. Robert James Blair Cunynghame 1879 Died 1903
130 Professor Thomas Richard Fraser 1879 Resigned 1919; Died 1920

1880's

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List of members elected in 1880's
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
131 Francis Brodie Imlach 1881 Died 1891
132 Sir Thomas Smith Clouston 1881 Died 1915
133 Dr. Charles Edward Underhill 1881 Died 1908
134 Dr. George William Balfour 1883 Died 1903
135 Professor Alexander Crum Brown 1883 Resigned 1919; Died 1922
136 Professor Thomas Annandale 1886 Died 1907
137 Dr. Robert Peel Ritchie 1887 Died 1902

1890's

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List of members elected in the 1890s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
138 Professor John Chiene 1892 Resigned 1919; Died 1923
139 Dr. James Dunsmure 1892 Died 1907
140 Sir John Sibbald 1893 Resigned 1905; Died 1905
141 Dr. Francis Cadell[66] 1895 Resigned 1906; Died 1909
142 Dr. James Andrew[67] 1899 Died 1911
143 Sir John Halliday Croom 1899 Resigned 1921; Died 1923

In March 1895 Dr. Alexander Peddie was elected a member of the club. His photograph was added to the Club album and his name was included in printed list of members for that year. However, he did not attend any dinners and the minutes from October 1895 record that after due consideration Dr. Peddie had declined to become a member.[2] In December 1895 Dr. Francis Cadell was elected in his place. Cadell was a surgeon and father of the Scottish Colourist Francis Cadell.

1900's

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List of members elected in the 1900s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
144 Sir William Tennant Gairdner 1900 Resigned 1902; Died 1907
145 Sir John Batty Tuke 1902 Died 1913
146 Sir William Allan Jamieson 1903 Died 1916
147 Dr. Alexander James[68] 1903 Died 1932
148 Professor Daniel John Cunningham 1904 Died 1909
149 Sir George Andreas Berry 1904 Resigned 1932; Died 1940
150 Dr. John Playfair[69] 1905 Died 1933
151 Dr. Charles Watson MacGillivray[70] 1907 Resigned 1928; Died 1932
152 Sir Joseph Montagu Cotterill 1907 Resigned 1932; Died 1933
153 Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Elliot Wood[71] 1908 Died 1917
154 Sir Harold Jalland Stiles 1908 Resigned 1937; Died 1946
155 Sir Byrom Bramwell 1908 Resigned 1927; Died 1931

1910's

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List of members elected in 1910's
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
156 Mr. Francis Mitchell Caird 1910 Died 1926
157 Henry Alexis Thomson 1910 Died 1924
158 Dr. George Alexander Gibson 1910 Died 1913
159 Sir David Wallace 1911 Resigned 1946; Died 1952
160 Professor William Russell 1911 Resigned 1926; Died 1940
161 Dr. George Henry 'Harry' Melville Dunlop[72] 1913 Died 1916
162 Sir John Macpherson[73] 1914 Resigned 1922
163 Dr. Alexander Blackhall-Morison[74] 1919 Died 1927

1920's

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List of members elected in 1910's
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
164 Sir Robert William Philip 1920 Died 1939
165 Dr. John James Graham Brown[75] 1920 Died 1925
166 Sir James William Beeman Hodsdon 1920 Died 1928
167 Dr. Henry Harvey Littlejohn 1920 Died 1927
168 Dr. Diarmid Noel Paton 1921 Died 1925
169 Dr. George Matthew Robertson[76] 1921 Died 1932
170 Dr. James Haig Ferguson 1921 Died 1934
171 Francis Darby Boyd 1921 Died 1922
172 John Wheeler Dowden 1921 Died 1936
173 Dr. William Fordyce[77][78][79] 1921 Died 1941
174 Dr. George Lovell Gulland[80] 1921 Died 1941
175 Dr. Arthur Logan Turner 1924 Died 1939
176 Alexander Miles 1924 Resigned 1937; Died 1953
177 Dr. Robert Alexander Fleming 1925 Died 1947
178 Dr. Robert Thin 1927 Died 1941
179 Dr. Arthur Henry Havens Sinclair 1927 Resigned 1946; Died 1962
180 Professor Edwin Bramwell 1927 Resigned 1945; Died 1952
181 Dr. Ralph Stockman 1928 Resigned 1945; Died 1946
182 Dr. William Thomas Ritchie 1928 Died 1945
183 Mr. William James Stuart 1928 Died 1958
184 George Lyall Chiene[81] 1929 Resigned 1946; Died 1951

1930's

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List of members elected in the 1930s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
185 John William Struthers 1932 Resigned 1938; Died 1953
186 Sir Henry Wade 1932 Died 1955
187 Dr. John Dixon Comrie 1932 Died 1939
188 Lt-Col Anderson Gray McKendrick 1933 Died 1943
189 Dr. George Douglas Mathewson[82] 1933 Died 1935
190 Professor Sir David Percival Dalbreck 'DPD' Wilkie 1934 Died 1938
191 Dr. John Orr[83] 1936 Died 1949
192 Dr. Henry 'Harry' Moss Traquair 1936 Resigned 1949; Died 1954
193 Professor Robert William Johnstone 1937 Died 1969
194 Mr. James Methuen Graham 1938 Died 1962
195 Professor Sir John Fraser 1938 Resigned 1946; Died 1947
196 Lt-Col Alexander Dron Stewart 1938 Died 1969
197 Dr. Andrew Fergus Hewat 1939 Died 1957

1940's

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List of members elected in the 1940s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
198 Professor Charles McNeil 1946 Resigned 1951; Died 1964
199 Dr. William Douglas Denton Small[84] 1946 Died 1964
200 Professor Sir Derrick Melville Dunlop 1946 Died 1980
201 Lt-Col William Frederick Harvey 1946 Died 1948
202 Sir David Kennedy Henderson 1946 Died 1965
203 Francis Evelyn Jardine[85] 1946 Died 1956
204 Professor David Murray Lyon 1946 Died 1956
205 Professor Sir Sydney Alfred Smith 1946 Died 1969
206 Professor Alexander Murray Drennan 1947 Died 1984
207 Professor James Couper Brash 1947 Died 1958
208 Dr. Douglas James Guthrie 1947 Died 1975
209 Dr. William Francis Theodore Haultain[86] 1947 Died 1958
210 Walter Quarry Wood 1947 Died 1958
211 Dr. William Alister Alexander[87][88] 1948 Died 1976
212 Professor Douglas James Acworth Kerr[89] 1949 Died 1960
213 Professor Sir James Rognvald Learmonth 1949 Died 1967

1950's

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List of members elected in the 1950s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
214 Professor Sir Leybourne Stanley Davidson[90] 1951 Resigned 1964; Died 1981
215 Dr. James Kirkwood Slater 1952 Died 1965
216 Sir Walter 'Wattie' Mercer 1953 Died 1971
217 Dr. Andrew Rae Gilchrist 1954 Died 1995
218 Professor Sir John Bruce 1955 Died 1975
219 Thomas 'Tommy' McWalter Millar[91][92] 1956 Resigned 1963; Died 1970
220 Dr. John Alastair Bruce[93] 1958 Died 1971
221 Dr. Clifford Donald Kennedy[94] 1957 Resigned 1988; Died 1989
222 David Skene Middleton[95] 1957 Resigned 1980; Died 1981
223 Professor Sir John Halliday Croom[96] 1958 Resigned 1984; Died 1986
224 Professor Robert J Kellar[97] 1958 Resigned 1979; Died 1981
225 Professor George Lightbody Montgomery 1958 Died 1993
226 Dr. Ranald Malcolm Murray-Lyon[98] 1958 Died 1969
227 James 'Jimmy' Johnston Mason Brown 1959 Died 1964
228 Dr. David Glyn Lamond Lackie[99] 1959 Died 1985

1960's

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List of members elected in the 1960s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
229 Sir James Davidson Stuart 'JDS' Cameron 1961 Died 1969
230 Professor George John Romanes 1962 Died 2014
231 Mr Thomas 'Tammas' Ian Wilson[100] 1962 Died 1983
232 Professor Sir Ian George Wilson Hill 1963 Died 1982
233 Mr James 'Jim' Sneddon Jeffrey 1964 Died 1989
234 Professor Francis John Gillingham 1965 Died 2010
235 Professor Ronald 'Ronnie' Haxton Girdwood[101] 1965 Died 2006
236 Dr. Neil Macmichael[102] 1965 Resigned 1980; Died 1989
237 Dr. John Duncan 'JDM' Matthews[103] 1969 Died 2009
238 Dr. Ronald 'Ronnie' Foote Robertson 1969 Died 1991

1970's

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List of members elected in the 1970s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
239 Dr. Robert 'Bobby' M Marquis[104] 1970 Died 1989
240 Professor Michael Oliver[105] 1971 Resigned 1984; Died 2015
241 Mr James Ross 1971 Died 1997
242 Professor Eric Samuel[106] 1972 Resigned 1978; Died 1997
243 Mr Iain MacLaren[107][108] 1974 Died 2019
244 Dr. Hamish Watson 1976 Died 2001
245 Dr. Michael 'Mike' Matthews[109] 1976 Resigned 1984; Died 2015
246 Mr James 'Jimmy' William Wishart Thomson 1976 Died 1996
247 Mr James 'Jimmy' Scott[110] 1978 Died 2010
248 Professor James 'Jim' Robson[111] 1978 Died 2010
249 Mr John Cook[112] 1979 Resigned 1987; Died 2020
250 Dr. Andrew Doig[113] 1979 Died 2017
251 Mr Peter Edmond 1979 Resigned

James Thomson was appointed a consultant surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 1964.[114]

1980's

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List of members elected in the 1980s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
252 Dr. Tom Philp 1980 Died 1994
253 Dr. William 'Bill' Donald MacLennan[115] 1980 Died 2002
254 Professor Ian Bouchier 1980 Resigned
255 Professor Sir James Fraser 1982 Died 1997
256 Mr John Chalmers 1982 Resigned 2023
257 Professor Sir Andrew Patrick McEwen Forrest 1983 Died 2021
258 Dr. James Syme[116][117] 1984 Died June 1999
259 Mr Alasdair Bruce MacGregor[118] 1984 Died 2002
260 Professor Robert 'Bob' Evan Kendell 1984 Resigned 1992; Died 2002
261 Professor Arthur 'ACK' Colville Kennedy[119] 1984 Died 2009
262 Mr Alan Dean 1985 Resigned 2023
263 Dr. Anthony 'Tony' Douglas Toft 1987 Resigned 2021

1990's

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List of members elected in the 1990s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
265 Professor John Richmond[120][121] 1990 Died 2008
266 Mr James Christie 1991 Resigned 2023
267 Professor John Cash 1992 Died 2020
269 Professor Robert 'Bertie' Wood[122] 1992 Died 2022
271 Professor Charles Forbes[123] 1993 Resigned 2006; Died 2017
272 Dr. Martin Lees[124] 1993 Died 2015
273 Dr. David Thomson 1994 Resigned
274 Dr. Andrew A. Calder MBE 1996 Resigned
277 Professor Ray Newton[125] 1999 Died 2022

2000's

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List of members elected in the 2000s
Number Name Year of Election Year of Resignation/Death
279 Professor A Ross Lorimer 2002 Resigned

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