List of members of the National Academy of Sciences / 1872
In 1872, the United States National Academy of Sciences elected 23 people to its membership .
Newly elected members
- Henry L. Abbot (1831-1927)
- Henry James Clark (1826–1873)
- Josiah Cooke (1827-1894)
- Edward D. Cope (1840-1897)
- James Crafts (1839-1917)
- James Eads (1820-1887)
- FA Genth (1820-1893)
- James Hadley (1821–1872)
- Eugene Hilgard (1833-1916)
- J. Homer Lane (1819-1880)
- Theodor T. Lyman (1833-1897)
- Alfred M. Mayer (1836-1897)
- James Edward Oliver (1829–1895)
- Alpheus Packard (1839–1905)
- Raphael Pumpelly (1837-1923)
- Charles A. Schott (1826–1901)
- J. Lawrence Smith (1818-1883)
- William S. Sullivant (1803-1873)
- William Trowbridge (1828-1892)
- James H. Trumbull (1821-1897)
- Addison Verrill (1839-1926)
- Amos Worthen (1813–1888)
- Charles A. Young (1834-1908)