Learned Society of Wales

The Learned Society of Wales is a society that exists to “celebrate, recognise, preserve, protect and encourage excellence in all of the scholarly disciplines”.^[1]

The society was launched on 25 May 2010 at the National Museum of Wales.^[2] It is based in Cardiff.^[3]

Fellowship of the society is open to Welsh residents, those born in Wales or otherwise have a particular connection to Wales, who have a "demonstrable record of excellence and achievement" in academia, or who have made a distinguished contribution to knowledge in their professional field.

Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales are entitled to refer to themselves as such and use the initials FLSW after their name. The Society's inaugural President and Chairman of Council is Sir John Cadogan.^[4]

The Society's website address is http://www.learnedsocietywales.ac.uk

Founding Fellows

The Learned Society of Wales has fifty-eight Founding Fellows, all of whom are prominent figures within their respective academic disciplines.^[5] They are:

• Sir John Cadogan CBE DSc FRSE FRSC PLSW FRS - President and Chairman of Council
• Professor Sydney Anglo FSA FRHistS FLSW FBA
• Professor Huw Beynon DSocSc FAcSS FLSW
• Sir Leszek Borysiewicz KBE FRCP FRCPath FMedSci FLSW FRS
• Professor Richard Carwardine FRHistS FLSW FBA
• Professor Thomas Charles-Edwards FRHistS FLSW FBA
• Professor Ian Clark FLSW FBA
• Professor Stuart Clark FRHistS FLSW FBA
• Professor Marc Clement FIEE FLSW
• Professor David Crystal OBE FLSW FBA
• Sir Barry Cunliffe CBE FSA FLSW FBA
• Professor Martin Daunton LittD FRHistS FLSW FBA
• Sir David Davies CBE DSc FREng FIET FLSW FRS
• Professor Wendy Davies OBE FSA FRHistS FLSW FBA
• Professor Robert Dodgshon FLSW FBA
• Professor Kenneth Dyson FAcSS FRHistS FLSW FBA - Member of Council
• Professor Dianne Edwards CBE ScD FRSE FLSW FRS - Vice-President (Science, Technology and Medicine) and Member of Council
• Sir Sam Edwards FLSW FRS
• Professor Richard J Evans DLitt FRHistS FRSL FLSW FBA
• Professor Robert Evans FLSW FBA - Member of Council
• Professor Roy Evans CBE FREng FICE FIStructE FLSW - Member of Council
• Professor the Baroness Finlay of Llandaff FRCP FRCGP FLSW - Member of Council
• Professor R Geraint Gruffydd DLitt FLSW FBA
• Dame Deirdre Hine DBE FFPHM FRCP FLSW
• Professor Christopher Hooley FLSW FRS
• Sir John Houghton CBE FLSW FRS
• Professor Graham Hutchings DSc FIChemE FRSC FLSW FRS
• Professor Geraint H Jenkins DLitt FLSW FBA - Member of Council
• Professor Robert M Jones DLitt FLSW FBA
• Sir Roger Jones OBE FLSW - Treasurer and Member of Council
• Professor Andrew Linklater FAcSS FLSW FBA
• Sir Ronald Mason KCB FRSC FIMMM FLSW FRS – Member of Council
• Professor John McWhirter FREng FIMA FInstP FIEE FLSW FRS
• Professor Susan Mendus CBE FLSW FBA - Member of Council
• Professor Derec Llwyd Morgan DLitt FLSW - Member of Council
• The Baron Morgan DLitt FRHistS FLSW FBA
• Professor Prys Morgan FRHistS FSA FLSW – Member of Council
• Professor Michael O’Hara FRSE FLSW FRS
• Professor David Olive CBE FLSW FRS
• Professor John Wyn Owen CB FRGS FHSM FRSocMed FLSW - Member of Council
• Professor Roger Owen FREng FLSW FRS
• Professor John Pearce FLSW FRS
• Sir Keith Peters FMedSci FRCP FRCPE FRCPath FLSW FRS
• Sir Dai Rees FRSC FRCPE FMedSci FIBiol FLSW FRS
• Professor Keith Robbins DLitt FRSE FRHistS FLSW - Member of Council
• Professor Charles Stirling FRSC FLSW FRS
• Professor Dame Jean Thomas DBE CBE FMedSci FLSW FRS
• Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas DSc ScD FLSW FRS - Member of Council
• Sir Keith Thomas FRHistS FLSW FBA
• Professor M Wynn Thomas OBE FLSW FBA - Vice-President (Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences) and Member of Council
• Professor Steven Tipper FAcSS FLSW FBA
• Professor John Tucker FBCS FLSW - General Secretary and Member of Council
• Professor Kenneth Walters DSc FLSW FRS
• Professor Peter Wells CBE DSc FREng FMedSci FIET FInstP FLSW FRS
• Professor Alasdair Whittle FLSW FBA
• Professor Sir Dillwyn Williams FMedSci FRCP FRCPath FLSW
• Professor Robin Williams CBE FInstP FLSW FRS - Member of Council
• The Most Revd and Rt Hon. Dr Rowan Williams PC DD FRSL FLSW FBA

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