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Serial number

Name

Science fields contributed to
2278   Raffray, Mr Achille Marie Jacque   entomology  
2280   Raison, Mr Alfred Louis   aeronautical engineering  
2282   Rand, Mr Ernest T   metallurgy  
2283   Rand, Dr Richard Frank   botany, geology  
2285   Randall-MacIver, Mr David   archaeology  
2286   Range, Mr Paul Theodore   geology, meteorology, botany, palaeontology  
2288   Rankin, Mr Daniel James   exploration  
2289   Rappard, A von   exploration  
2291   Rastall, Dr Robert Heron   geology  
2292   Rathbone, Mr Edgar Philip   mining engineering, geology  
2293   Rattray, Dr George   botany, zoology  
2295   Rauchfusz, Mr Carl Cristoph   See Rykvoet, Mr Carel Christoffel  
3338   Rautanen, Reverend Martti   plant collection  
2296   Rawson, Colonel Herbert Edward   meteorology  
2297   Rawson, Sir Rawson William   botany, shell collection  
2298   Raymond, Mr Alfred   dentistry, anaesthesiology  
3505   Reade, Mr Robert W   plant collection  
2299   Ready, Mr S   meteorological observation  
2301   Recknagel, Mr Rudolf   geology  
2303   Redmayne, Sir Richard Augustine Studdert   mining engineering  
2304   Reed, Mr Frederick Richard Cowper   palaeontology  
2306   Reeve, Mr Thomas   invertebrate collection  
2307   Regan, Mr Charles Tate   ichthyology  
2308   Rehbock, Dr Theodor Christoph Heinrich   hydrology, civil engineering  
2309   Rehmann, Dr Anton   botany, geography  
2310   Reichenow, Prof Anton   ornithology  
2311   Reid, Dr Alexander William   public health  
2312   Reid, Mr Arthur Henry   engineering  
2313   Reid, Mr James   pharmacology  
2314   Reid, Mr John   chemistry  
2315   Reid, Mr Percy C   exploration, insect collection  
2316   Reid, Mr Philip Savile Grey   ornithology  
2317   Reid, Mr William   astronomy  
3403   Reid-Bell, Mr W   See Bell, Mr William Reid  
2319   Reinecke, Dr Leopold   geology  
2320   Reinecke, Prof Otto Samuel Herbert   pomology  
2321   Reinecke, Mr Theodore Gerald Wellesley   agricultural chemistry  
2323   Reinwardt, Prof Caspar Georg Carl   botany  
2324   Reitz, Mr Francis William (snr)   agriculture  
2326   Rendall, Dr Percy John   zoology  
2328   Rendell, Mr Robert Fermor   astronomy, meteorology  
2329   Rennell, Major James   hydrography  
2331   Reunert, Dr Theodore   engineering, advancement of science  
2332   Reuning, Dr Ernst   geology, archaeology  
2333   Reveley, Mr Henry Willey   civil engineering  
2338   Rich, Dr Stephen Gottheil   entomology  
2340   Richardson, Mr Alexander   mining engineering  
2341   Rickard, Mr John C   archaeology  
2342   Rickard, Mr Thomas Arthur   mining engineering  
2343   Rickmann, Dr Wilhelm Johann   veterinary science  
3339   Ridewood, Dr William George   invertebrate zoology  
2344   Ridley, Mr William   engineering  
2345   Rimann, Dr Eberhard   geology  
2346   Rimington, Mr Claude   biochemistry, veterinary science  
2347   Rindl, Professor Max Morris   chemistry  
2349   Rippon, Reverend Sydney   meteorological observation  
2350   Risler, Captain Theodor Ferdinand Nicolaus   surveying  
2351   Rissik, Mr Johann Friedrich Bernhard   surveying  
2352   Ritso, Mr Bernard William   geology  
2355   Roberts, Mr Alexander William   astronomy  
2357   Roberts, Mr Austin   ornithology, mammalogy  
2358   Roberts, Mr Charles Thomas   mechanical engineering  
2360   Roberts, Herbert Keeling   veterinary bacteriology  
2361   Roberts, Mr John Lee   electrical engineering  
2363   Roberts, Reverend Noel   ornithology, ethnology, rock art  
2364   Roberts, Mr Robert Owen Wynne   See Wynne-Roberts, Mr Robert Owen  
2366   Robertson, Mr Colin Charles   forestry  
2367   Robertson, Dr George Watson   bacteriology  
2369   Robertson, Dr John Braithwaite   inorganic chemistry  
2370   Robertson, Mr John Donald   bird egg collection  
2372   Robertson, Professor T Ernest   metallurgy, surveying  
2373   Robertson, Mr William   veterinary science  
2374   Robertson, Dr William   radiology  
2375   Robeson, Mr Anthony Maurice   mechanical engineering  
2376   Robinson, Dr Eric Maxwell   veterinary bacteriology  
2377   Robinson, Mr H A   cartography  
2378   Robinson, Dr John Andrew   veterinary Science  
2380   Robinson, Mr John Benjamin Romer   fish collection  
3498   Robinson, Mr Mansergh Dias   railway engineering  
2379   Robinson, Mr Murrell Robinson   civil engineering  
2381   Robinson, Mr William Bernard   surveying  
2382   Roe, Mr William   geology, hydrology  
2385   Rogers, Dr Arthur William   geology  
2386   Rogers, Archdeacon Frederick Arundel   plant collection  
2387   Rogers, Reverend William Moyle   plant collection  
2390   Ronald, Captain William   astronomy  
2391   Ronaldson, Mr James Henry   mining engineering, geology  
2392   Rood, Mrs Petrusa Benjamina (born Van Rhyn)   plant collection  
2393   Rooper, Captain Edward   plant collection, botanic illustration  
2618   Roorda Smit, Dr Jelle Albertus   geology, advancement of science  
2394   Rose, Colonel John George   analytical chemistry  
3489   Rose, Dr Sir Thomas Kirke   metallurgical chemistry  
2396   Rose, Mr William James   fossil collection  
2398   Roser, Reverend D Rudolph Ferdinand   plant collection, medical botany  
2399   Roseveare, Prof William Nicholas   mathematics, applied mathematics  
2400   Ross, Mr Alex   insect collection  
2401   Ross, Dr George Archibald Park   medical sciences  
2402   Ross, Dr James Alexander   medical sciences  
2368   Ross, Dr John   public health  
2403   Ross, Prof John Carl   agricultural chemistry  
2408   Rossteuscher, Mr Julius Ambrosius Max   museum curation  
2410   Rothwell, Mr J P   archaeological collection  
2411   Roupell, Mrs Arabella Elizabeth   botanical illustration  
2412   Rous, Mr Sloman Thomas   conchology  
2414   Rousselet, Mr Charles Frederic   microbiology  
2420   Roxburgh, Mr John   plant collection  
2421   Roxburgh, Dr William   plant collection  
2422   Rubidge, Dr Richard Nathaniel   geology, palaeontology, plant collection  
2424   Rubin, Dr Sven Tryggve Salomon   geodesy  
2425   Rücker, Mr Johann Friedrich   botany  
2426   Rudatis, Mr August Gottlieb Hans   plant collection, zoological collection  
2427   Rudd, Mr Charles Dunell   mammal collection, advancement of science  
2428   Rudge, Prof William Arthur Douglas   physics, atmospheric physics  
3442   Rump, Mr William George   plant collection, invertebrate collection  
3325   Rumpf (or Rumph), Mr Georg Everhard   botany  
3454   Rumphius, Mr Georgius Everhardus   See Rumpf (or Rumph), Mr Georg Everhard  
2429   Rusch, Mr Ernst Julius   plant collection  
3490   Rusden, Mr Harry   metallurgy  
2430   Russell, Prof William   psychiatry  
2431   Rutherford, Colonel Charles   veterinary science  
2432   Ruysch, Mr Meynardus   surveying  
3370   Ryan, Mr Sydney Turner   archaeology  
2433   Rykvoet, Mr Carel Christoffel   geology  
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