List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1796

Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1796.

Fellows

 * 1) John Abernethy (1764–1831), surgeon.
 * 2) George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris (1770–1844), MP
 * 3) John Dalrymple (d. 1798), Admiral of the Blue
 * 4) Sir George Smith Gibbes(1771–1851), physician
 * 5) John Hellins (d. 1827), autodidact, schoolteacher, mathematician, astronomer and country parson.
 * 6) George Holme-Sumner (1760–1831)
 * 7) William Howley (1766–1848), Archbishop of Canterbury
 * 8) William Langford, Eton schoolmaster
 * 9) William Larkins (d. 1800), accountant, HEIC, Bengal
 * 10) William Latham, antiquarian
 * 11) William Lax (1761–1836), astronomer and mathematician
 * 12) Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730–1809), Army officer and poet
 * 13) Christopher Robert Pemberton (1765–1822), physician
 * 14) Edward Riou, (1762–1801), Royal Navy officer
 * 15) Samuel Rogers (1763–1855), poet
 * 16) José Correia da Serra (1750–1823), Portuguese ambassador to USA, Finance Minister
 * 17) Robert Smith (1747–1832), solicitor
 * 18) Glocester Wilson (d. c.1852), Barrister at Law and Postmaster General of Jamaica