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'''William Spottiswoode'''
{{Infobox rai-fellow
| first_name = William
| elected_LAS =
| membership = ESL, AI Ordinary Fellow - life compounder
| left = 1881.04 last listed
| clubs = X Club<br />Athenaeum Club
| societies = Royal Society<br />Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
== Notes ==
=== Office Notes ===
ESL Council 1862-63 Hon. Secretary [retiring]<br />ESL Council 1863-64 Member<br />ESL Council 1864-65 Member [?]<br />ESL Council 1865-66 Member [retiring]<br /><br />AI Council 1872 Member<br />AI Council 1873 Member
=== House Notes ===
1862.05.20 It was resolved That the number of ‘Honorary Secretaries’ be increased to three, including the Foreign Secretary, and that the name of William Spottiswoode be recommended to be added to the two Honorary Secretaries now in office.
=== Notes From Elsewhere ===
William H. Spottiswoode FRS (11 January 1825 – 27 June 1883)[1] was an English mathematician and physicist. He was President of the Royal Society from 1878 to 1883<br /><br />Member of the Athenaeum Club from 1859