Royal Society of South Africa

Royal Society of South Africa
Formation
  • Philosophical Society of South Africa (1877; 147 years ago (1877))
  • Royal Society of South Africa (1909; 115 years ago (1909))
Membership
215 Fellows
Websiteroyalsocietysa.org.za
Sir Henry Bartle Frere, 1st Bt
by Sir George Reid

The Royal Society of South Africa is a learned society composed of eminent South African scientists and academics. The society was granted its royal charter by King Edward VII in 1908,[1][2] nearly a century after Capetonians first began to conceive of a national scholarly society. The 1877 founder and first president of the society was Sir Bartle Frere (1815–1884).[1]

Fellows are entitled to the post-nominal letters FRSSAf.

  1. ^ a b "The Royal Society of South Africa". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 47 (1): 3–5. 1989-01-01. Bibcode:1989TRSSA..47....3.. doi:10.1080/00359198909520144. ISSN 0035-919X.
  2. ^ "Two UP zoologists announced as Fellows of Royal Society of South Africa | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 2021-01-18.