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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh_logo_%28full_colour%29.svg/330px-Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh_logo_%28full_colour%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh_logo_%28full_colour%29.svg/440px-Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh_logo_%28full_colour%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="328" data-file-height="202" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Sponsored by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh" title="Royal Society of Edinburgh">Royal Society of Edinburgh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rse.org.uk/fellows/">www<wbr />.rse<wbr />.org<wbr />.uk<wbr />/fellows<wbr />/</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5438598#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh</b> (<b>FRSE</b>) is an award granted to individuals that the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh" title="Royal Society of Edinburgh">Royal Society of Edinburgh</a>, Scotland's <a href="/wiki/National_academy" title="National academy">national academy</a> of <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a> and <a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">letters</a>, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This society received a <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> in 1783, allowing for its expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-frse_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Around 50 new <a href="/wiki/Fellow" title="Fellow">fellows</a> are elected each year in March.<sup id="cite_ref-frse_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> there are around 1,650 Fellows, including 71 Honorary Fellows and 76 Corresponding Fellows.<sup id="cite_ref-frse_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-frse2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frse2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fellows are entitled to use the <a href="/wiki/Post-nominal_letters" title="Post-nominal letters">post-nominal letters</a> FRSE, Honorary Fellows HonFRSE, and Corresponding Fellows CorrFRSE.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disciplines">Disciplines</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Disciplines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Fellowship is split into four broad sectors, covering the full range of physical and life sciences, arts, humanities, social sciences, education, professions, industry, business and public life.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A:_Life_sciences">A: Life sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: A: Life sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>A1: Biomedical and cognitive sciences</li> <li>A2: Clinical sciences</li> <li>A3: Organismal and environmental biology</li> <li>A4: Cell and molecular biology</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="B:_Physical,_engineering_and_informatic_sciences"><span id="B:_Physical.2C_engineering_and_informatic_sciences"></span>B: Physical, engineering and informatic sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: B: Physical, engineering and informatic sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>B1: Physics and astronomy</li> <li>B2: Earth sciences and chemistry</li> <li>B3: Engineering</li> <li>B4: Informatics, mathematics and statistics</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="C:_Arts,_humanities_and_social_sciences"><span id="C:_Arts.2C_humanities_and_social_sciences"></span>C: Arts, humanities and social sciences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: C: Arts, humanities and social sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>C1: Language, literature and history</li> <li>C2: Philosophy, theology and law</li> <li>C3: History, theory and practice of the creative and performing arts</li> <li>C4: Economics and social sciences</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="D:_Business,_public_service_and_public_engagement"><span id="D:_Business.2C_public_service_and_public_engagement"></span>D: Business, public service and public engagement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: D: Business, public service and public engagement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>D1: Public engagement and understanding</li> <li>D2: Professional, educational and public sector leadership</li> <li>D3: Private sector leadership</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_fellows">Notable fellows</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fellowship_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable fellows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Fellows_of_the_Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh" title="Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh">Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh</a></div> <p>Examples of current fellows include <a href="/wiki/Peter_Higgs" title="Peter Higgs">Peter Higgs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell" title="Jocelyn Bell Burnell">Jocelyn Bell Burnell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-frse_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previous fellows have included <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Calvin" title="Melvin Calvin">Melvin Calvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Clerk_Maxwell" title="James Clerk Maxwell">James Clerk Maxwell</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Watt" title="James Watt">James Watt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Reid" title="Thomas Reid">Thomas Reid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Lawrence_(astronomer)" title="Andrew Lawrence (astronomer)">Andrew Lawrence</a>.<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> </p><p>A comprehensive biographical list of Fellows from 1783–2002 has been published by the Society.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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