List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1724

This is a list of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1724.

Fellows

• John Byrom (1692–1763), philosopher and poet, inventor of a shorthand
• Stephen Chase, gentleman
• Nicolaus Cruquius (1678–1754), Dutch surveyor
• Joseph Danvers (1686–1753), MP
• Joannes Jacobus Dillenius (1684–1747), physician and botanist
• John Diodate (1690–1727)
• John Dobyns (died 1731), surgeon
• John Eames (1686–1744), dissenting tutor
• Anthony Ellys (1690–1751), Bishop of St Davids
• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), Dutch-German-Polish physicist, engineer and glass blower
• Joannes Adolphus Jacobaeus (1698–1772), Danish Professor of Medicine
• John Kendall (died 1735), barrister
• Ralph Leicester (c.1699–1777)
• Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Aubigny (1701–1750)
• Smart Lethieullier (1701–1760), antiquary
• Joseph-Nicolas de Lisle (1688–1768), French astronomer and cartographer
• John Meres (died 1726), apothecary. Clerk to Society of Apothecaries
• Robert Ord (1700–1778), MP. Chief Baron of the Scottish Exchequer
• Littleton Powys (1647?– 1732), barrister. Justice of the King's Bench
• John Ranby (1703–1773), surgeon
• John Gaspar Scheuchzer (1702–1729), Swiss naturalist, physician and writer
• Francis Scott, 2nd Duke of Buccleuch (1695–1751)
• Edward Vernon (c. 1695–1761), clergyman and antiquarian

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