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243 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1781-02-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Learned_society" title="Learned society">Learned society</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Registration no.</th><td class="infobox-data">235313</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Legal status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charitable_organization" title="Charitable organization">Charity</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Purpose</th><td class="infobox-data">The Manchester Lit and Phil was established in 1781 with the object of promoting the advancement of education and public interest in any form of literature, science, arts or public affairs.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"> UK</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Region served </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Manchester" title="Greater Manchester">Greater Manchester</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Membership </div></th><td class="infobox-data">400</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Official language </div></th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Activities</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Research</li><li>Publications</li><li>Lectures</li><li>Events</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Collections</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Library</li><li>Archives</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">President (98th)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Peter Wright</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manlitphil.ac.uk/">www.manliphil.ac.uk</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society</b>, popularly known as the <b>Lit. & Phil.</b>, is one of the oldest <a href="/wiki/Learned_society" title="Learned society">learned societies</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and second oldest provincial <a href="/wiki/Learned_society" title="Learned society">learned society</a> (after the <a href="/wiki/Spalding_Gentlemen%27s_Society" title="Spalding Gentlemen's Society">Spalding Gentlemen's Society</a>). </p><p>Prominent members have included <a href="/wiki/Robert_Owen" title="Robert Owen">Robert Owen</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Dalton" title="John Dalton">John Dalton</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Fairbairn" title="William Fairbairn">Sir William Fairbairn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Kilburn" title="Tom Kilburn">Tom Kilburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mark_Roget" title="Peter Mark Roget">Peter Mark Roget</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford" title="Ernest Rutherford">Sir Ernest Rutherford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Whitworth" title="Joseph Whitworth">Sir Joseph Whitworth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Hodgkin" title="Dorothy Hodgkin">Dorothy Hodgkin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dorothy_Hodgkin_Nobel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Dorothy_Hodgkin_Nobel.jpg/170px-Dorothy_Hodgkin_Nobel.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3f/Dorothy_Hodgkin_Nobel.jpg/255px-Dorothy_Hodgkin_Nobel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Dorothy_Hodgkin_Nobel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption>Dorothy Hodgkin, Dalton Medallist</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Dalton_by_Thomas_Phillips,_1835.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/John_Dalton_by_Thomas_Phillips%2C_1835.jpg/170px-John_Dalton_by_Thomas_Phillips%2C_1835.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/John_Dalton_by_Thomas_Phillips%2C_1835.jpg/255px-John_Dalton_by_Thomas_Phillips%2C_1835.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/John_Dalton_by_Thomas_Phillips%2C_1835.jpg/340px-John_Dalton_by_Thomas_Phillips%2C_1835.jpg 2x" data-file-width="623" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Dalton" title="John Dalton">John Dalton</a> by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Phillips" title="Thomas Phillips">Thomas Phillips</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Portrait_Gallery,_London" title="National Portrait Gallery, London">National Portrait Gallery, London</a> (1835)</figcaption></figure> <p>It was established in February 1781, as the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Percival" title="Thomas Percival">Thomas Percival</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barnes_(Unitarian)" title="Thomas Barnes (Unitarian)">Thomas Barnes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henry_(apothecary)" title="Thomas Henry (apothecary)">Thomas Henry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Butterworth_Bayley" title="Thomas Butterworth Bayley">Thomas Butterworth Bayley</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first formal meeting of the society took place on 14 March 1781. Meetings were held in a back room of <a href="/wiki/Cross_Street_Chapel" title="Cross Street Chapel">Cross Street Chapel</a> until December 1799, after which the society moved into its own premises in George Street.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Dalton" title="John Dalton">John Dalton</a> conducted his experiments at these premises. </p><p>The Society's original premises on George Street were destroyed during the <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Blitz" title="Manchester Blitz">Manchester Blitz</a> (around January 1941), at which time its library comprised more than 50,000 volumes as well as historic artefacts, portraits, and archives.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its replacement (built in the 1960s) was constructed using <a href="/wiki/Calcium_aluminate_cements" title="Calcium aluminate cements">high alumina cement</a> (referred to as having "concrete cancer") and was demolished in the 1980s. It became a registered charity (No. 235313) in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Membership is open to anyone aged over 16 years and lectures are held both in person at venues in Manchester City Centre, and (since 2020) online. There are on average 30 lectures each season and non-members are welcome to attend. The society has more than 400 members.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Society operates from an office situated in Colony Jactin House, <a href="/wiki/Ancoats" title="Ancoats">Ancoats</a>, Manchester, and has three permanent staff.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Society organises a range of lectures, including the <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilde_(engineer)" title="Henry Wilde (engineer)">Wilde</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">Joule</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Dalton" title="John Dalton">Dalton</a> Lectures and three lectures annually specifically for Young People. The most prestigious lectures are the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Percival" title="Thomas Percival">Percival Lecture</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> Lecture, and in some years the most distinguished speakers are presented with the <a href="/wiki/Dalton_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Dalton Medal">Dalton Medal</a>. Since the local universities ceased offering extra-curricular courses the Lit. & Phil. has seen an increase in both membership and in the attendance of non-members at lectures.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable Members, in addition to those above, have included the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates" title="List of Nobel laureates">Nobel Laureates</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Robinson_(chemist)" title="Robert Robinson (chemist)">Sir Robert Robinson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Haworth" title="Norman Haworth">Sir Norman Haworth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Niels_Bohr" title="Niels Bohr">Niels Bohr</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Chaim_Weizmann" title="Chaim Weizmann">Chaim Weizmann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hans_Geiger" title="Hans Geiger">Hans Geiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Roberts_(physician)" title="William Roberts (physician)">Sir William Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyon_Playfair,_1st_Baron_Playfair" title="Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair">Lyon, Lord Playfair</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Gaskell" title="William Gaskell">William Gaskell</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_de_Wiveleslie_Abney" title="William de Wiveleslie Abney">Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_William_Sutton" title="Charles William Sutton">Charles William Sutton</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Kay-Shuttleworth" title="James Kay-Shuttleworth">Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Jordan_(doctor)" title="Joseph Jordan (doctor)">Joseph Jordan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Moseley" title="Henry Moseley">Henry Moseley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adolphus_William_Ward" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolphus William Ward">Sir Adolphus William Ward</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Stanley_Jevons" title="William Stanley Jevons">Stanley Jevons</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Prince_Lee" title="James Prince Lee">James Prince Lee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Leader_Williams" title="Edward Leader Williams">Sir Edward Leader Williams</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Axon" class="mw-redirect" title="William Axon">William Axon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hoyle_Howorth" title="Henry Hoyle Howorth">Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Greg" title="Samuel Greg">Samuel Greg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Frankland" title="Edward Frankland">Sir Edward Frankland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hibbert-Ware" title="Samuel Hibbert-Ware">Samuel Hibbert-Ware</a> and <a href="/wiki/Moses_Tyson" title="Moses Tyson">Moses Tyson</a>. </p><p>Honorary Members have included <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Hawking" title="Stephen Hawking">Stephen Hawking</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin" class="mw-redirect" title="William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin">William Thomson, Lord Kelvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bunsen" title="Robert Bunsen">Robert Bunsen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Kapitsa" title="Sergey Kapitsa">Sergey Kapitsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev" title="Dmitri Mendeleev">Dmitri Mendeleev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Norman_Hinshelwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyril Norman Hinshelwood">Sir Cyril Hinshelwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Ollerenshaw" title="Kathleen Ollerenshaw">Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6ns_Jacob_Berzelius" title="Jöns Jacob Berzelius">Jöns Jacob Berzelius</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Mercer_(scientist)" title="John Mercer (scientist)">John Mercer</a>. </p> <div class="infobox-journal-search" style="display:none;"></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox hproduct"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%;"><i><span class="fn">Memoirs and Proceedings</span></i><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=Memoirs+and+Proceedings&rft.stitle=Mem.+Proc.&rft.issn=0265-3575"></span></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Editor-in-chief" title="Editor-in-chief">Edited</a> by</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">Prof. Graham Booth</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#dfc;">Publication details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">1783–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Periodical_literature#Frequency" title="Periodical literature">Frequency</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align:left;">Annually</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#dfc;">Standard abbreviations<br /><span class="infobox-journal-search plainlinks" style="display:none;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://marcinwrochna.github.io/abbrevIso/?search=Memoirs_and_Proceedings">ISO 4</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.issn.org/services/online-services/access-to-the-ltwa/">alt</a>) <b>·</b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Bluebook_journals" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Bluebook journals">Bluebook</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://westerncriminology.org/publications/bluebook-abbreviations/">alt</a>)<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?term=0265-3575%5BISSN%5D">NLM</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Copies are also available for purchase by non-members.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dalton_Medal">Dalton Medal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Dalton Medal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Named in honour of the Society's longest-serving President, the scientist <a href="/wiki/John_Dalton" title="John Dalton">John Dalton</a>, the <b>Dalton Medal</b> is a distinction rarely bestowed and is the Society’s highest award. It is given to those who have made a distinguished contribution to science. </p><p>Since 1898 the medal has been awarded on only fifteen occasions: all recipients have been <a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Fellow of the Royal Society">Fellows</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a> and many have been <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates" title="List of Nobel laureates">Nobel Laureates</a>. </p><p>Several medallists have had Manchester and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a>/Owens College connections with the Departments of <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Physics_and_Astronomy,_University_of_Manchester" title="Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester">Physics and Astronomy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Chemistry,_University_of_Manchester" title="Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester">Chemistry</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester_Faculty_of_Science_and_Engineering" title="University of Manchester Faculty of Science and Engineering">Engineering</a>. </p><p>So far, only one woman has been a recipient of this medal.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Recipients of the Dalton Medal </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>No. </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>1898 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Henry Edward Schunck</a> </td> <td>English chemist and expert on natural dyestuffs. He was born in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> and lived in <a href="/wiki/Kersal" title="Kersal">Kersal</a>, <a href="/wiki/City_of_Salford" title="City of Salford">Salford</a>. He started his studies with <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_(chemist)" title="William Henry (chemist)">William Henry</a>. He bequeathed his laboratory to <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">Owens College, Manchester</a> and it was moved to Burlington Street (1906) where it is still known as the Schunck Building. The Schunck Library is in the Chemistry Department. </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>1900 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Enfield_Roscoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Enfield Roscoe">Sir Henry Roscoe</a> </td> <td>English chemist noted for his work on the element vanadium and for photochemical studies. He was the grandson of <a href="/wiki/William_Roscoe" title="William Roscoe">William Roscoe</a> of <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> (cousin of <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Jevons" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanley Jevons">Stanley Jevons</a> and uncle to <a href="/wiki/Beatrix_Potter" title="Beatrix Potter">Beatrix Potter</a>). Educated at the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Institute_High_School_for_Boys" title="Liverpool Institute High School for Boys">Liverpool Institute for Boys</a> and with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bunsen" title="Robert Bunsen">Robert Bunsen</a> in <a href="/wiki/Heidelberg" title="Heidelberg">Heidelberg</a>. Appointed 2nd Professor of Chemistry at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">Owens College, Manchester</a> (1857–86), and MP for Manchester South (1885–95). </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>1903 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osborne_Reynolds" title="Osborne Reynolds">Osborne Reynolds</a> </td> <td>British engineer, physicist and educator. He was Professor of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">Owens College, Manchester</a> (1868–1904). </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>1919 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford" title="Ernest Rutherford">Sir Ernest Rutherford</a> </td> <td>New Zealand physicist and is considered to be the father of nuclear physics. He was <a href="/wiki/Langworthy_Professor" title="Langworthy Professor">Langworthy Professor</a> of Physics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a> (1907–19) where he split the atom in a building on Coupland Street. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> (1908). </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>1931 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J._J._Thomson" title="J. J. Thomson">Sir Joseph 'J. J.' Thomson</a> </td> <td>English experimental physicist born in <a href="/wiki/Cheetham_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheetham Hill">Cheetham Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> who enrolled at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">Owens College, Manchester</a> (1870). He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> (1906). His son, Professor Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Paget_Thomson" title="George Paget Thomson">George Paget Thomson</a>, was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_for_Physics" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Prize for Physics">Nobel Prize for Physics</a> (1937). </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>1942 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Lawrence_Bragg" class="mw-redirect" title="William Lawrence Bragg">Sir Lawrence Bragg</a> </td> <td>Australian-born British physicist and <a href="/wiki/X-ray_crystallography" title="X-ray crystallography">X-ray crystallographer</a>. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> (1915), with his father, and became its youngest ever recipient. He was <a href="/wiki/Langworthy_Professor" title="Langworthy Professor">Langworthy Professor</a> of Physics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a> (1919–37). </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>1948 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Blackett" title="Patrick Blackett">Patrick Blackett</a> </td> <td>English experimental physicist and <a href="/wiki/Cosmology" title="Cosmology">cosmologist</a>. He was <a href="/wiki/Langworthy_Professor" title="Langworthy Professor">Langworthy Professor</a> of Physics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a> (1937–53). He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> (1948). </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Norman_Hinshelwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyril Norman Hinshelwood">Sir Cyril Hinshelwood</a> </td> <td>English physical chemist awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> (1956). </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>1981 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Hodgkin" title="Dorothy Hodgkin">Dorothy Hodgkin</a> </td> <td>British biochemist who developed <a href="/wiki/Protein_crystallography" class="mw-redirect" title="Protein crystallography">protein crystallography</a> and was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> (1964). </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Kroto" title="Harry Kroto">Sir Harold Kroto</a> </td> <td>English chemist famous for his discovery of <a href="/wiki/Fullerene" title="Fullerene">fullerenes</a> and is most famously associated with buckminsterfullerene C60 (buckyballs). Educated at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sheffield" title="University of Sheffield">University of Sheffield</a>, he was a great promoter of science education (particularly for young people) and an ambassador for the public's engagement with science. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> (1996). </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Fred_Bodmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Fred Bodmer">Sir Walter Bodmer</a> </td> <td>German-born British human geneticist who was educated at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Grammar_School" title="Manchester Grammar School">Manchester Grammar School</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td>2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_Penrose" title="Roger Penrose">Sir Roger Penrose</a> </td> <td>English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science, awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> (2020). </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lovell" title="Bernard Lovell">Sir Bernard Lovell</a> </td> <td>English physicist and <a href="/wiki/Radio_astronomy" title="Radio astronomy">radio astronomer</a> who established (and was the first Director of) the <a href="/wiki/Jodrell_Bank_Observatory" title="Jodrell Bank Observatory">Jodrell Bank Observatory</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Martin_Rees" title="Martin Rees">Martin, Lord Rees of Ludlow</a> </td> <td>British cosmologist and astrophysicist. Born in Shropshire, he has been <a href="/wiki/Astronomer_Royal" title="Astronomer Royal">Astronomer Royal</a> since 1995. </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Novoselov" title="Konstantin Novoselov">Sir Konstantin Novoselov</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a>-<a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> physicist, and <a href="/wiki/Langworthy_Professor" title="Langworthy Professor">Langworthy Professor</a> in the <a href="/wiki/School_of_Physics_and_Astronomy,_University_of_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester">School of Physics and Astronomy</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Manchester" title="University of Manchester">University of Manchester</a>. He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize in Physics</a> (2010). </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Officers">Officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidents">Presidents</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Presidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>1781–82 Peter Mainwaring</li> <li>1781–89 James Massey</li> <li>1782–86 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Percival" title="Thomas Percival">Dr Thomas Percival</a> (I)</li> <li>1789–1804 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Percival" title="Thomas Percival">Dr Thomas Percival</a> (II)</li> <li>1805–07 Rev. George Walker</li> <li>1807–09 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henry_(apothecary)" title="Thomas Henry (apothecary)">Thomas Henry</a> (I)</li> <li>1809 Dr John Hull</li> <li>1809–16 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henry_(apothecary)" title="Thomas Henry (apothecary)">Thomas Henry</a> (II)</li> <li>1816–44 <a href="/wiki/John_Dalton" title="John Dalton">John Dalton</a></li> <li>1844–47 <a href="/wiki/Edward_Holme" title="Edward Holme">Dr Edward Holme</a></li> <li>1848–50 <a href="/wiki/Eaton_Hodgkinson" title="Eaton Hodgkinson">Eaton Hodgkinson</a></li> <li>1851–54 John Moore</li> <li>1855–59 <a href="/wiki/William_Fairbairn" title="William Fairbairn">Sir William Fairbairn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">Bt</a></li> <li>1860–62 <a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a> (I)</li> <li>1862–64 <a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Binney" title="Edward William Binney">Edward William Binney</a> (I)</li> <li>1864–66 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Angus_Smith" title="Robert Angus Smith">Dr Robert Angus Smith</a></li> <li>1866–68 <a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Dr Henry Edward Schunck</a> (I)</li> <li>1868–70 <a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a> (II)</li> <li>1870–72 <a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Binney" title="Edward William Binney">Edward William Binney</a> (II)</li> <li>1872–74 <a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a> (III)</li> <li>1874–76 <a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Dr Henry Edward Schunck</a> (II)</li> <li>1876–78 <a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Binney" title="Edward William Binney">Edward William Binney</a> (III)</li> <li>1878–80 <a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a> (IV)</li> <li>1880–82 <a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Binney" title="Edward William Binney">Edward William Binney</a> (IV)</li> <li>1882–84 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Enfield_Roscoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Enfield Roscoe">Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe</a></li> <li>1884–86 <a href="/wiki/William_Crawford_Williamson" title="William Crawford Williamson">William Crawford Williamson</a></li> <li>1886–87 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Dukinfield_Darbishire" title="Robert Dukinfield Darbishire">Robert Dukinfield Darbishire</a></li> <li>1887–88 <a href="/wiki/Balfour_Stewart" title="Balfour Stewart">Balfour Stewart</a></li> <li>1888–90 <a href="/wiki/Osborne_Reynolds" title="Osborne Reynolds">Osborne Reynolds</a></li> <li>1890–92 <a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Dr Henry Edward Schunck</a> (III)</li> <li>1892–94 <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schuster" title="Arthur Schuster">Prof. Sir Arthur Schuster</a></li> <li>1894–96 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilde_(engineer)" title="Henry Wilde (engineer)">Henry Wilde</a></li> <li>1896–97 <a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Dr Henry Edward Schunck</a> (IV)</li> <li>1897–99 <a href="/wiki/James_Cosmo_Melvill_(naturalist)" title="James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist)">James Cosmo Melvill</a></li> <li>1899–1901 <a href="/wiki/Horace_Lamb" title="Horace Lamb">Prof. Sir Horace Lamb</a></li> <li>1901–03 Charles Bailey</li> <li>1903–05 <a href="/wiki/William_Boyd_Dawkins" title="William Boyd Dawkins">Prof. Sir William Boyd Dawkins</a></li> <li>1905–07 <a href="/wiki/William_Bailey_(engineer)" title="William Bailey (engineer)">Sir William Henry Bailey</a></li> <li>1907–09 <a href="/wiki/Harold_Baily_Dixon" title="Harold Baily Dixon">Prof. Harold Baily Dixon</a> (I)</li> <li>1909–11 Francis Jones</li> <li>1911–13 <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Ernest_Weiss" title="Frederick Ernest Weiss">Prof. Frederick Ernest Weiss</a></li> <li>1913–15 Francis Nicholson</li> <li>1915–17 <a href="/wiki/Sydney_J._Hickson" title="Sydney J. Hickson">Prof. Sydney John Hickson</a></li> <li>1917–19 William Thomson</li> <li>1919 <a href="/wiki/Grafton_Elliot_Smith" title="Grafton Elliot Smith">Prof. Sir Grafton Elliot Smith</a></li> <li>1919–21 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Alexander_Miers" title="Henry Alexander Miers">Prof. Sir Henry Alexander Miers</a></li> <li>1921–23 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Coward" title="Thomas Coward">Thomas Alfred Coward</a></li> <li>1923–25 <a href="/wiki/Harold_Baily_Dixon" title="Harold Baily Dixon">Prof. Harold Baily Dixon</a> (II)</li> <li>1925 <a href="/wiki/Aloysius_Cortie" title="Aloysius Cortie">Rev. Aloysius Laurence Cortie</a></li> <li>1925–27 Herbert Levinstein</li> <li>1927–29 <a href="/wiki/William_Lawrence_Bragg" class="mw-redirect" title="William Lawrence Bragg">Prof. Sir William Lawrence Bragg</a></li> <li>1929–31 Charles Edmond Stromeyer</li> <li>1931–33 <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Mouat_Jones" title="Bernard Mouat Jones">Prof. Bernard Mouat Jones</a></li> <li>1933–35 John Allan</li> <li>1935–37 <a href="/wiki/Reginald_W._James" title="Reginald W. James">Prof. Reginald William James</a></li> <li>1937–39 Robert Henry Clayton</li> <li>1939–40 <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hartree" title="Douglas Hartree">Prof. Douglas Rayner Hartree</a></li> <li>1940–44 <a href="/wiki/H._J._Fleure" title="H. J. Fleure">Prof. Herbert John Fleure</a></li> <li>1944–46 <a href="/wiki/Michael_Polanyi" title="Michael Polanyi">Prof. Michael Polanyi</a></li> <li>1946–48 <a href="/wiki/T._B._L._Webster" title="T. B. L. Webster">Prof. Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster</a></li> <li>1949–50 <a href="/wiki/Eric_James,_Baron_James_of_Rusholme" title="Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme">Dr Eric John Francis James</a></li> <li>1950–52 Horace Hayhurst (I)</li> <li>1952–54 <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Jefferson" title="Geoffrey Jefferson">Prof. Sir Geoffrey Jefferson</a></li> <li>1954–56 Sir Peter Percy F. R. Venables</li> <li>1956–58 Dr F. C. Toy</li> <li>1958–60 C. E. Young</li> <li>1960–62 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lipson" title="Henry Lipson">Prof. Henry Solomon Lipson</a> (I)</li> <li>1962–64 Prof. Leonard Cohen</li> <li>1964–66 <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Pilkington" title="Margaret Pilkington">Margaret Pilkington</a></li> <li>1966–67 Horace Hayhurst (II)</li> <li>1967–69 Brian Rodgers</li> <li>1969–71 Dr George N. Burkhardt</li> <li>1971–73 Dr George James Kynch</li> <li>1973–75 Dr Edward Noah Abrahart</li> <li>1975–77 Anthony Edmund Rivers Goulty</li> <li>1977–79 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Lipson" title="Henry Lipson">Prof. Henry Solomon Lipson</a> (II)</li> <li>1979–81 <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Fairhurst" title="Harry S. Fairhurst">Harry M. Fairhurst</a></li> <li>1981–83 David G. Wilson</li> <li>1983–85 Dr Lionel J. R. Postle</li> <li>1985–87 <a href="/wiki/Netar_Mallick" title="Netar Mallick">Prof. Sir Netar P. Mallick</a> (I)</li> <li>1987–89 Dr Brian S. H. Rarity</li> <li>1989–91 Philip G. Livesey</li> <li>1991–93 <a href="/wiki/D._S._L._Cardwell" title="D. S. L. Cardwell">Prof. Donald Stephen Lowell Cardwell</a></li> <li>1993–95 <a href="/wiki/Edward_Fletcher_Cass" title="Edward Fletcher Cass">Dr Edward Fletcher Cass</a></li> <li>1995–97 Prof. Alexander Donnachie</li> <li>1997–99 Dianne Wilson</li> <li>1999–2001 Iain E. Gillespie</li> <li>2001–03 Angus G. D. Yeaman</li> <li>2003–05 Keith D. Buckley</li> <li>2005–07 Vivienne Blackburn</li> <li>2007–09 Mary, Lady Mallick</li> <li>2009–11 David J. Higginson</li> <li>2011–14 Prof. Kenneth M. Letherman</li> <li>2014–16 <a href="/wiki/Netar_Mallick" title="Netar Mallick">Prof. Sir Netar P. Mallick</a> (II)</li> <li>2016–18 Dr Diana M. Leitch</li> <li>2018–21 Dr Susan R. Hilton</li> <li>2021–23 Ian Cameron</li> <li>2023–present Peter Wright</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secretaries">Secretaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>1781–85 George Bew</li> <li>1781–88 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henry_(apothecary)" title="Thomas Henry (apothecary)">Thomas Henry</a></li> <li>1785–87 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barnes_(Unitarian)" title="Thomas Barnes (Unitarian)"> Rev.Thomas Barnes</a></li> <li>1787–92 <a href="/wiki/John_Ferriar" title="John Ferriar">Dr John Ferriar</a></li> <li>1789–91 <a href="/wiki/James_Watt_junior" class="mw-redirect" title="James Watt junior">James Watt Jnr</a></li> <li>1791–93 William Simmons</li> <li>1792–93 Thomas Henry Jnr</li> <li>1793–94 Samuel Harvey</li> <li>1793–96 <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Argent_Bardsley" title="Samuel Argent Bardsley">Dr Samuel Argent Bardsley</a></li> <li>1794–98 <a href="/wiki/Edward_Holme" title="Edward Holme">Dr Edward Holme</a></li> <li>1797–1800 <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_(chemist)" title="William Henry (chemist)">William Henry</a></li> <li>1798–1806 Dr John Hull</li> <li>1800–09 <a href="/wiki/John_Dalton" title="John Dalton">John Dalton</a></li> <li>1807–16 Rev. William Johns</li> <li>1809–10 Dr William Winstanley</li> <li>1810–20 John Atkinson Ransome</li> <li>1817–22 Thomas Henry Robinson</li> <li>1821–42 Peter Clare</li> <li>1822–37 <a href="/wiki/John_James_Tayler" title="John James Tayler">Rev. John James Tayler</a></li> <li>1838–44 Joseph Atkinson Ransome</li> <li>1843–48 John Davies</li> <li>1844–46 John Holt Stanway</li> <li>1846–50 <a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a></li> <li>1848–52 <a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Binney" title="Edward William Binney">Edward William Binney</a></li> <li>1851–55 Rev. Henry Halford Jones</li> <li>1852–57 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Angus_Smith" title="Robert Angus Smith">Dr Robert Angus Smith</a></li> <li>1855–61 <a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Dr Henry Edward Schunck</a></li> <li>1857–60 <a href="/wiki/Richard_Copley_Christie" title="Richard Copley Christie">Prof. Richard Copley Christie</a></li> <li>1860–74 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Enfield_Roscoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Enfield Roscoe">Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe</a></li> <li>1861–85 <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Baxendell" title="Joseph Baxendell">Joseph Baxendell</a></li> <li>1874–84 <a href="/wiki/Osborne_Reynolds" title="Osborne Reynolds">Prof. Osborne Reynolds</a></li> <li>1884–86 <a href="/wiki/James_Thomson_Bottomley" title="James Thomson Bottomley">James Thomson Bottomley</a></li> <li>1885–88 <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schuster" title="Arthur Schuster">Prof. Sir Arthur Schuster</a></li> <li>1886–96 Frederick James Faraday</li> <li>1888–1900 Reginald Felix Gwyther</li> <li>1896–1906 Francis Jones</li> <li>1900–01 <a href="/wiki/Alfred_William_Flux" title="Alfred William Flux">Sir Alfred William Flux</a></li> <li>1901–05 Charles H. Lees</li> <li>1905–08 <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_Gamble" title="Frederick William Gamble">Prof. Frederick William Gamble</a></li> <li>1906–19 R. L. Taylor</li> <li>1908–09 C. Gordon Hewitt</li> <li>1909–20 Henry George Albert Hickling</li> <li>1919–22 Hubert Frank Coward</li> <li>1920–22 <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hatherley_Pear" title="Tom Hatherley Pear">Prof. Tom Hatherley Pear</a></li> <li>1991–95 Charles J. E. Kempster</li> <li>1991–94 Mary, Lady Mallick</li> <li>1995–96 Susan C. Diggines</li> <li>1997–2001 Dr Ronald E. Catlow</li> <li>2001–04 Prof. Alexander Donnachie</li> <li>2001–02 Jean M. Thomson</li> <li>2004–05 John J. Moscrop</li> <li>2005–07 Jane F. Hamilton</li> <li>2005–08 Patricia M. Verdin</li> <li>2012–16 John Spencer Buckley</li> <li>2014–16 David Astbury</li> <li>2016–20 Peter G. Hilton</li> <li>2020–21 Dr Robert Stansfield-Cudworth</li> <li>2021–22 Dr F. Peter Fenn</li> <li>2022–present Niall Power</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Treasurers">Treasurers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Treasurers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li>1783–89 Isaac Moss</li> <li>1790–91 Thomas Maxwell</li> <li>1791–95 Benjamin Arthur Heywood</li> <li>1796–1814 Nathaniel Heywood</li> <li>1815–50 <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Heywood" title="Benjamin Heywood">Sir Benjamin Heywood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">Bt</a></li> <li>1851–54 George Wareing Ormerod</li> <li>1855–62 Henry Mere Ormerod</li> <li>1863–68 Robert Worthington</li> <li>1868–73 Thomas Carrick</li> <li>1873–76 Samuel Broughton</li> <li>1877–95 Charles Bailey</li> <li>1896–1901 John Jackson Ashworth</li> <li>1901–02 Charles Bailey</li> <li>1902–10 Arthur McDougall</li> <li>1910–21 W. Henry Todd</li> <li>1921–22 Robert Henry Clayton</li> <li>2011–13 Michael N. G. Evans</li> <li>2013–16 David S. Brown</li> <li>2014–15 David Costley-Wood</li> <li>2016–21 Greg Mauchline</li> <li>2016–22 Trevor Rees</li> <li>2022–present Christine Mbarga</li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_societies_for_education_in_Manchester" title="List of societies for education in Manchester">List of societies for education in Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spalding_Gentlemen%27s_Society" title="Spalding Gentlemen's Society">Spalding Gentlemen's Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society_of_Newcastle_Upon_Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle Upon Tyne">The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle Upon Tyne</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manchester_Literary_and_Philosophical_Society&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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color:white;;width:1%;text-align:left;">Presidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th Century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Peter Mainwaring</li> <li>James Massey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Percival" title="Thomas Percival">Dr Thomas Percival</a> (I)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">19th Century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Percival" title="Thomas Percival">Dr Thomas Percival</a> (II)</li> <li>George Walker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henry_(apothecary)" title="Thomas Henry (apothecary)">Thomas Henry</a> (I)</li> <li>Dr John Hull</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henry_(apothecary)" title="Thomas Henry (apothecary)">Thomas Henry</a> (II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dalton" title="John Dalton">John Dalton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Holme" title="Edward Holme">Dr Edward Holme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eaton_Hodgkinson" title="Eaton Hodgkinson">Eaton Hodgkinson</a></li> <li>John Moore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fairbairn" title="William Fairbairn">Sir William Fairbairn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">Bt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a> (I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Binney" title="Edward William Binney">Edward William Binney</a> (I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Angus_Smith" title="Robert Angus Smith">Dr Robert Angus Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Dr Henry Edward Schunck</a> (I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a> (II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Binney" title="Edward William Binney">Edward William Binney</a> (II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a> (III)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Dr Henry Edward Schunck</a> (II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Binney" title="Edward William Binney">Edward William Binney</a> (III)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Prescott_Joule" title="James Prescott Joule">James Prescott Joule</a> (IV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Binney" title="Edward William Binney">Edward William Binney</a> (IV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Enfield_Roscoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Enfield Roscoe">Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Crawford_Williamson" title="William Crawford Williamson">William Crawford Williamson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dukinfield_Darbishire" title="Robert Dukinfield Darbishire">Robert Dukinfield Darbishire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balfour_Stewart" title="Balfour Stewart">Balfour Stewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osborne_Reynolds" title="Osborne Reynolds">Osborne Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Dr Henry Edward Schunck</a> (III)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Schuster" title="Arthur Schuster">Prof. Sir Arthur Schuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Wilde_(engineer)" title="Henry Wilde (engineer)">Henry Wilde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Schunck" title="Edward Schunck">Dr Henry Edward Schunck</a> (IV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cosmo_Melvill_(naturalist)" title="James Cosmo Melvill (naturalist)">James Cosmo Melvill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Lamb" title="Horace Lamb">Prof. Sir Horace Lamb</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th Century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Lamb" title="Horace Lamb">Prof. Sir Horace Lamb</a></li> <li>Charles Bailey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Boyd_Dawkins" title="William Boyd Dawkins">Prof. Sir William Boyd Dawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bailey_(engineer)" title="William Bailey (engineer)">Sir William Henry Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Baily_Dixon" title="Harold Baily Dixon">Prof. Harold Baily Dixon</a> (I)</li> <li>Francis Jones</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Ernest_Weiss" title="Frederick Ernest Weiss">Prof. Frederick Ernest Weiss</a></li> <li>Francis Nicholson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_J._Hickson" title="Sydney J. 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James">Prof. Reginald William James</a></li> <li>Robert Henry Clayton</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Hartree" title="Douglas Hartree">Prof. Douglas Rayner Hartree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._J._Fleure" title="H. J. Fleure">Prof. Herbert John Fleure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Polanyi" title="Michael Polanyi">Prof. Michael Polanyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._B._L._Webster" title="T. B. L. Webster">Prof. Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_James,_Baron_James_of_Rusholme" title="Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme">Dr Eric John Francis James</a></li> <li>Horace Hayhurst (I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Jefferson" title="Geoffrey Jefferson">Prof. Sir Geoffrey Jefferson</a></li> <li>Sir Peter Percy F. R. Venables</li> <li>Dr F. C. Toy</li> <li>C. E. 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cycling_in_Greater_Manchester" title="Cycling in Greater Manchester">Cycling</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_Parliament_constituencies" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies">Parliament<br />constituencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Blackley_and_Broughton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackley and Broughton (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackley and<br />Broughton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_Manchester" title="Charlestown, Manchester">Charlestown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheetham,_Manchester" title="Cheetham, Manchester">Cheetham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crumpsall" title="Crumpsall">Crumpsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpurhey" title="Harpurhey">Harpurhey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Higher_Blackley" title="Higher Blackley">Higher Blackley</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaton_Park" title="Heaton Park">Heaton Park</a></li> <li><i>This constituency also contains <a href="/wiki/Broughton,_Salford" title="Broughton, Salford">Broughton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kersal" title="Kersal">Kersal</a> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Salford_City_Council" title="Salford City Council">Salford City Council</a>.</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester<br />Central</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancoats_and_Beswick_(ward)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancoats and Beswick (ward)">Ancoats & Beswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardwick" title="Ardwick">Ardwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton_and_Openshaw_(ward)" title="Clayton and Openshaw (ward)">Clayton & Openshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deansgate_(ward)" title="Deansgate (ward)">Deansgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulme" title="Hulme">Hulme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Platting_and_Newton_Heath" title="Miles Platting and Newton Heath">Miles Platting & Newton Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Side" title="Moss Side">Moss Side</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moston,_Manchester" title="Moston, Manchester">Moston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piccadilly_(ward)" title="Piccadilly (ward)">Piccadilly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Gorton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester<br />Gorton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fallowfield" title="Fallowfield">Fallowfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorton_and_Abbey_Hey_(ward)" title="Gorton and Abbey Hey (ward)">Gorton & Abbey Hey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levenshulme" title="Levenshulme">Levenshulme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longsight" title="Longsight">Longsight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusholme" title="Rusholme">Rusholme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whalley_Range,_Manchester" title="Whalley Range, Manchester">Whalley Range</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Withington_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Manchester Withington (UK Parliament constituency)">Manchester<br />Withington</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burnage_(ward)" title="Burnage (ward)">Burnage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton_(ward)" title="Chorlton (ward)">Chorlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton_Park_(ward)" title="Chorlton Park (ward)">Chorlton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didsbury_East_(ward)" title="Didsbury East (ward)">Didsbury East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didsbury_West_(ward)" title="Didsbury West (ward)">Didsbury West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Moat_(ward)" title="Old Moat (ward)">Old Moat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withington_(ward)" title="Withington (ward)">Withington</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe_and_Sale_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wythenshawe and Sale East (UK Parliament constituency)">Wythenshawe<br />and Sale East</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baguley" title="Baguley">Baguley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklands_(Manchester_ward)" title="Brooklands (Manchester ward)">Brooklands (Manchester)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northenden" title="Northenden">Northenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharston" title="Sharston">Sharston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodhouse_Park" title="Woodhouse Park">Woodhouse Park</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a></li> <li><i>This constituency also contains <a href="/wiki/Brooklands_(Trafford_ward)" title="Brooklands (Trafford ward)">Brooklands (Trafford)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Priory_(Trafford_ward)" title="Priory (Trafford ward)">Priory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sale_Moor_(ward)" title="Sale Moor (ward)">Sale Moor</a> in neighbouring <a href="/wiki/Trafford_Council" title="Trafford Council">Trafford Council</a>.</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Geographic areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardwick" title="Ardwick">Ardwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardwick_Green" title="Ardwick Green">Ardwick Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baguley" title="Baguley">Baguley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belle_Vue,_Manchester" title="Belle Vue, Manchester">Belle Vue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benchill" title="Benchill">Benchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beswick,_Manchester" title="Beswick, Manchester">Beswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackley" title="Blackley">Blackley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford,_Manchester" title="Bradford, Manchester">Bradford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnage" title="Burnage">Burnage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheetham_Hill" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheetham Hill">Cheetham Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton-cum-Hardy" title="Chorlton-cum-Hardy">Chorlton-cum-Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton-on-Medlock" title="Chorlton-on-Medlock">Chorlton-on-Medlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorltonville" title="Chorltonville">Chorltonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayton,_Manchester" title="Clayton, Manchester">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collyhurst" title="Collyhurst">Collyhurst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crumpsall" title="Crumpsall">Crumpsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didsbury" title="Didsbury">Didsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fallowfield" title="Fallowfield">Fallowfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorton" title="Gorton">Gorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpurhey" title="Harpurhey">Harpurhey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heaton_Park" title="Heaton Park">Heaton Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulme" title="Hulme">Hulme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Levenshulme" title="Levenshulme">Levenshulme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longsight" title="Longsight">Longsight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lower_Crumpsall" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Crumpsall">Lower Crumpsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Platting" title="Miles Platting">Miles Platting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moss_Side" title="Moss Side">Moss Side</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moston,_Manchester" title="Moston, Manchester">Moston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newall_Green" title="Newall Green">Newall Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Moston" title="New Moston">New Moston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_Heath" title="Newton Heath">Newton Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northenden" title="Northenden">Northenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Moor" title="Northern Moor">Northern Moor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Openshaw" title="Openshaw">Openshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parrs_Wood" title="Parrs Wood">Parrs Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peel_Hall,_Wythenshawe" title="Peel Hall, Wythenshawe">Peel Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ringway,_Greater_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="Ringway, Greater Manchester">Ringway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rusholme" title="Rusholme">Rusholme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharston" title="Sharston">Sharston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Manchester" title="Victoria Park, Manchester">Victoria Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whalley_Range,_Manchester" title="Whalley Range, Manchester">Whalley Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Withington" title="Withington">Withington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodhouse_Park" title="Woodhouse Park">Woodhouse Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe" title="Wythenshawe">Wythenshawe</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="City_Centre" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">City Centre</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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Salford">City of Salford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Bolton" title="Metropolitan Borough of Bolton">Metropolitan Borough of Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Bury" title="Metropolitan Borough of Bury">Metropolitan Borough of Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Oldham" title="Metropolitan Borough of Oldham">Metropolitan Borough of Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Rochdale" title="Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale">Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Stockport" title="Metropolitan Borough of Stockport">Metropolitan Borough of Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tameside" title="Tameside">Metropolitan Borough of Tameside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trafford" title="Trafford">Metropolitan Borough of Trafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Wigan" title="Metropolitan Borough of Wigan">Metropolitan Borough of Wigan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major settlements<br />(cities in italics)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altrincham" title="Altrincham">Altrincham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton-in-Makerfield" title="Ashton-in-Makerfield">Ashton-in-Makerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton-under-Lyne" title="Ashton-under-Lyne">Ashton-under-Lyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astley,_Greater_Manchester" title="Astley, Greater Manchester">Astley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atherton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Atherton, Greater Manchester">Atherton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audenshaw" title="Audenshaw">Audenshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackrod" title="Blackrod">Blackrod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolton" title="Bolton">Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bramhall" title="Bramhall">Bramhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bredbury" title="Bredbury">Bredbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bury,_Greater_Manchester" title="Bury, Greater Manchester">Bury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chadderton" title="Chadderton">Chadderton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheadle,_Greater_Manchester" title="Cheadle, Greater Manchester">Cheadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheadle_Hulme" title="Cheadle Hulme">Cheadle Hulme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chorlton-cum-Hardy" title="Chorlton-cum-Hardy">Chorlton-cum-Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didsbury" title="Didsbury">Didsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Denton, Greater Manchester">Denton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Droylsden" title="Droylsden">Droylsden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukinfield" title="Dukinfield">Dukinfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eccles,_Greater_Manchester" title="Eccles, Greater Manchester">Eccles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Failsworth" title="Failsworth">Failsworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farnworth" title="Farnworth">Farnworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golborne" title="Golborne">Golborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale,_Greater_Manchester" title="Hale, Greater Manchester">Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazel_Grove" title="Hazel Grove">Hazel Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heywood,_Greater_Manchester" title="Heywood, Greater Manchester">Heywood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindley,_Greater_Manchester" title="Hindley, Greater Manchester">Hindley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horwich" title="Horwich">Horwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde,_Greater_Manchester" title="Hyde, Greater Manchester">Hyde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ince-in-Makerfield" title="Ince-in-Makerfield">Ince-in-Makerfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irlam" title="Irlam">Irlam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kearsley" title="Kearsley">Kearsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leigh,_Greater_Manchester" title="Leigh, Greater Manchester">Leigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littleborough,_Greater_Manchester" title="Littleborough, Greater Manchester">Littleborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Lever" title="Little Lever">Little Lever</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marple,_Greater_Manchester" title="Marple, Greater Manchester">Marple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Middleton, Greater Manchester">Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milnrow" title="Milnrow">Milnrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mossley" title="Mossley">Mossley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orrell,_Greater_Manchester" title="Orrell, Greater Manchester">Orrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partington" title="Partington">Partington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pendlebury" title="Pendlebury">Pendlebury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prestwich" title="Prestwich">Prestwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radcliffe,_Greater_Manchester" title="Radcliffe, Greater Manchester">Radcliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsbottom" title="Ramsbottom">Ramsbottom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reddish" title="Reddish">Reddish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rochdale" title="Rochdale">Rochdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romiley" title="Romiley">Romiley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royton" title="Royton">Royton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sale,_Greater_Manchester" title="Sale, Greater Manchester">Sale</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Salford" title="Salford">Salford</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaw_and_Crompton" title="Shaw and Crompton">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stalybridge" title="Stalybridge">Stalybridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standish,_Greater_Manchester" title="Standish, Greater Manchester">Standish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport" title="Stockport">Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stretford" title="Stretford">Stretford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swinton,_Greater_Manchester" title="Swinton, Greater Manchester">Swinton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tottington,_Greater_Manchester" title="Tottington, Greater Manchester">Tottington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyldesley" title="Tyldesley">Tyldesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urmston" title="Urmston">Urmston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walkden" title="Walkden">Walkden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westhoughton" title="Westhoughton">Westhoughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitefield,_Greater_Manchester" title="Whitefield, Greater Manchester">Whitefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wigan" title="Wigan">Wigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worsley" title="Worsley">Worsley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wythenshawe" title="Wythenshawe">Wythenshawe</a><br /><i>See also:</i> <b><a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Greater_Manchester" class="mw-redirect" title="List of civil parishes in Greater Manchester">List of civil parishes in Greater Manchester</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td 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