List of members of the National Academy of Sciences / 1863
On March 3, 1863, signed Abraham Lincoln after the decision of the Senate and House of Representatives, the founding charter of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, making 50 people the first members of the Academy were (charter members) .
One intended member did not accept the appointment, three members resigned later (see notes).
Founding members
- Louis Agassiz (1807–1873)
- John H. Alexander (1812-1867)
- Stephen Alexander (1806-1883)
- Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867)
- Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809-1889)
- John Gross Barnard (1815-1882)
- William Holmes Chambers Bartlett (1804-1893)
- Uriah Atherton Boyden (1804-1879)
- Alexis Caswell (1799–1877)
- William Chauvenet (1820-1870)
- John Huntington Crane Coffin (1815-1890)
- John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870)
- James Dwight Dana (1813-1895)
- Charles Henry Davis (1807-1877)
- George Engelman (1809-1884)
- John Fries Frazer (1812–1872)
- Wolcott Gibbs (1822-1908)
- James Melville Giliss (1811-1865)
- Augustus Addison Gould (1805–1866)
- Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824-1896)
- Asa Gray (1810-1888)
- Arnold Guyot (1807-1884)
- James Hall (1811-1898)
- Joseph Henry (1797-1878)
- Julius Erasmus Hilgard (1825-1891)
- Edward Hitchcock (1793–1864)
- Joseph Stillman Hubbard (1823–1863)
- Andrew Atkinson Humphries (1810-1883)
- John Lawrence Le Conte (1825-1883)
- Joseph Leidy (1823-1891)
- J. Peter Lesley (1819-1903)
- Miers Fisher Longstreth (1819-1891)
- Dennis Hart Mahan (1802–1871)
- John Strong Newberry (1822-1892)
- Hubert Anson Newton (1830-1896)
- Benjamin Peirce (1809-1880)
- John Rodgers (1812-1882)
- Fairman Rogers (1833-1900)
- Robert Empie Rogers (1813-1884)
- William Barton Rogers (1804-1882)
- Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816-1892)
- Joseph Saxton (1799–1873)
- Benjamin Silliman Sr. (1779–1864)
- Benjamin Silliman Jr. (1816-1885)
- Theodore Strong (1790-1869)
- John Torrey (1796–1873)
- Joseph Gilbert Totten (1788–1864)
- Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819-1896)
- Joseph Winlock (1826-1875)
- Jeffries Wyman (1814–1874)
Remarks
- ↑ UA Boydon declined the appeal.
- ↑ John Dahlgren resigned in May 1863.
- ↑ Asa Gray resigned in January 1867.
- ↑ Benjamin Pierce resigned in 1877.
Web links
- Incorporators of the National Academy of Sciences
- Act of Incorporation of the National Academy of Sciences