List of fellows of the Royal Society at Trinity College Dublin

Fellows of the Royal Society affiliated with Trinity College Dublin are scholars and scientists connected with Trinity College Dublin (TCD) who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society (FRS). The Royal Society, founded in 1660, is the world's oldest independent scientific academy. Election as an FRS recognises exceptional contributions to science, mathematics, and engineering. This page lists those fellows who were elected before or during their tenure at TCD, associating them with schools and disciplines which are today under the umbrella of the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.

Fellows Year ofelection Fellow Subject TCD AffiliationRefs 1716Henry Nicholson Botany First Professor of Botany (1711-1715) 1718 William Stephens Botany and Chemistry Lecturer in Botany (1724/25 - 1733); Lecturer in Chemistry (1733 - 1761) 1761 Hugh Hamilton Physics Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1759 -1769) 1834 John Phillips Geology Professor of Geology (1844 - 1853) 1836 Humphrey Lloyd Physics Erasmus Smith Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1831 - 1843); Provost (appointed 1867) 1838 John Benjamin Macneill Engineering First Professor of the Practice of Engineering (1842 - 1852) 1843 James MacCullagh Physics and Mathematics Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics (1835–1843); Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1843–1847) 1848 Thomas Oldham Geology Professor of Geology (1845 - 1850) 1853 James Apjohn Chemistry and Geology Lecturer on Applied Chemistry (1841 - 1851); Professor of Chemistry (appointed 1851); Professor of Mineralogy (appointed 1855)"Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p15: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 1854 George James Allman Botany Professor of Botany (1844-1856) 1858 William Henry Harvey Botany Professor of Botany (1856–1866) 1858 Samuel Haughton Geology Professor of Geology (1851 - 1881) 1863 George Salmon Mathematics Provost (1888–1904); Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics (1858 - 1867); Regius Professor of Divinity at TCD (1866-1888) 1873 Robert Stawall Ball Mathematics and Physics Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Andrews Professor of Astronomy (1874–1892) 1880 James Emerson Reynolds Chemistry Professor of Chemistry (1875–1903) 1881 Alexander Macalister Zoology and Anatomy Lecturer, Professor of Zoology (1869 - 1872); Professor of Comparative Anatomy (1872 -1877); Professor of Anatomy and Chirurgery (1877 - 1879); Professor of Anatomy (1879 - 1883) 1882 Valentine Ball Geology Professor of Geology and Mineralogy (1881 - 1883) 1883 George Francis Fitzgerald Physics Erasmus Smith Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1881 - 1901) 1889 William Johnston Sollas Geology Professor of Geology and Mineralogy (1881–1897) 1892 John Joly Geology and Physics Professor of Geology and Mineralogy (1897 - 1933) 1893 Sydney Young Chemistry Professor of Chemistry (appointed in 1904) 1897 Frederick Thomas Trouton Physics Assistant to G.F. Fitzgerald (1885–1901) 1904 Charles Jasper Joly Mathematics Andrews Professor of Astronomy and Royal Astronomer of Ireland (1897–1906) 1905 E.T. Whittaker Mathematics Andrews Professor of Astronomy and Royal Astronomer of Ireland from (1906-1912) 1908 Henry Horatio Dixon Botany Professor of Botany (1904–1949) 1961 Robert George Spencer Hudson Geology Professor of Geology and Mineralogy (appointed in 1961) 1973 George Francis MitchellGeology Lecturer in Geology (appointed in 1940); Professor of Quaternary Studies (appointed in 1959) 1976 Daniel Joseph Bradley Physics Professor of Optical Electronics (1980 - 1984) 1999 Denis Lawrence Weaire Physics Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1984 - 2007) 1999 John Bernard Pethica Physics Science Foundation Ireland Stokes Professor of Physics (2012 - 2018) 2003 John Michael David CoeyPhysics Professor of Experimental Physics (1987-2007); Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (2007 - 2012) 2016 Luke O'Neill Biochemistry and Immunology Professor of Molecular Immunology (2004-2007); Professor of Biochemistry (2007–present) 2024 Dan Bradley Genetics and Microbiology Professor of Population Genetics (2008–present) 2025 Jennifer McElwain Botany 1711 Professor of Botany (2017-present); Director of Trinity College Botanic Garden 2025 Jonathan N. Coleman Physics Professor of Chemical Physics (2011 - 2022); Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (2022–present)

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