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The list of presidents of the Royal Society of Canada is a list of all the past and present presidents of the Royal Society of Canada. 1882–1883 John William Dawson 1883–1884 Pierre J. O. Chauveau
King Charles II granted the society a royal charter in 1662, formally establishing it as the "Royal Society of London." The Royal Charter nominated William Brouncker as president and stipulated that future presidents should be elected by the Council and Fellows of the Society at anniversary meetings each year on St. Andrew's Day (30 November).
He received the Royal Society of Canada's J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal in 1945. [3] Landon retired in 1950, and in that year was awarded honorary doctorates by UWO and McMaster University. Landon made a significant contribution to the historiography of Ontario, particularly that of southwestern Ontario, with a focus on social history.
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A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he served as its president from 1949 to 1950. He was president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and vice-president of the American Astronomical Society. [1] In 1955, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia. [1]
Nearing retirement, on June 1, 1928, he accepted an appointment as the first President of the Council and Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Laboratories (which was later called the National Research Council of Canada). From 1939 to 1940, he was president of the Royal Society of Canada, just after his wife's death in 1938. [1]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (F.R.S.C.) in 1905 and was awarded the J. B. Tyrrell Historical Medal for historical research in 1935. [7] Cruikshank is commemorated with a HSMB plaque in the city of Welland, Ontario and an Ontario Heritage Trust plaque in Ottawa.
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; French: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguished Canadian scholars, humanists, scientists, and artists. The primary ...