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Waagen, Wilhelm 1901 QJ 57
Waddington, Baron Parker of, SEE: Parker, Hubert Lister
Wade, Arthur 1951 QJ 107
Wadsworth, Dr Marshman Edward 1922 QJ 78
Wager, Lawrence Rickard 1965-66 Proc 1636
Wagner, Henry (note) 1931 QJ 87
Wagner, Percy Albert 1930 QJ 86
Walcott, Charles Doolittle 1927 QJ 83
Walford, Edwin A. 1925 QJ 81
Walker, Frederick 1968 Proc 1651 & 1969 Proc 1655
Walker, George Patrick Leonard 2004 Ann. rept.
Walker, John Francis 1908 QJ 64
Walker, Peter Lloyd (note) 1949 QJ 105
Walker, Sir Byron Edmund KCVO, LLD 1925 QJ 81
Walker, Thomas Leonard 1943 QJ 99
Wall, George Parkes 1912 QJ 68
Wallace, Alfred Russell 1914 QJ 70
Wallace, Gwendolen Margaret (Peigi) 2001 Ann. rept.
Wallis, Maj Charles Braithwaite 1946 QJ 102
Wallis, Frederick Stretton 1983 Memb. List
Walmsley, Victor Gordon 1992 Ann. rept.
Walters, Rupert Cavendish Skyring 1983 Memb. List
Waltershausen, Baron Wolfgang Sartorius von 1877 QJ 33
Walther, Johannes 1938 QJ 94
Walton, Elijah 1881 QJ 37
Walton, Ewart Kendall 2009 Geosci 20(5)
Walton, Francis Fielder 1926 QJ 82
Walton, John Walker 1953 Proc 1502
Warburg, Robert Oscar 1965 Proc 1628
Warburton, Henry 1859 QJ 15
Ward, Rev. James Clifton 1881 QJ 37
Ward, John 1907 QJ 63
Wardle, Sir Thomas 1909 QJ 65
Ware, Dr Samuel Hibbert SEE: Hibbert-Ware, Dr. Samuel
Ware, William David 1960 Proc 1582
Warrand, Maj-Gen William Edmund RE (note) 1911 QJ 67
Warren, Samuel Hazzledine 1959 Proc 1572
Washington, Henry Stephens 1934 QJ 90
Watanabe, Takeo 1988 Ann. rept.
Waterhouse, John 1880 QJ 36
Waters, Arthur William 1930 QJ 86
Watkins, David Edgar 1955 Proc 1529
Watkins, George Lionel 1969 Proc 1655
Watkins, Mervyn David 2003 Ann. rept.
Watson, David Meredith Seares 1973 Yrbk.
Watson, Janet Vida 1985 Ann. rept.
Watson, John 1919 QJ 75
Watson, John Staveley 2014 Geosci 25(7) (2015)
Watson, Rev Robert Boog (note) 1911 QJ 67
Watson, William Henry 1935 QJ 91
Wattison, John Thomas 1974 Ann. rept.
Watts, William 1921 QJ 77
Watts, William Whitehead 1949 QJ 105
Wayland, Edward James 1967 Proc 1642
Wayte, Gavin 2014 Geosci 25(8) (2015)
Weaver, John Dodsworth 1983 Memb. List
Weaver, Thomas 1856 QJ 12
Webb, John Stuart 2007 Ann. rept.
Weinschenk, Ernst Heinrich Oskar Kasimir 1922 QJ 78
Weir, John 1983 Memb. List
Weir, John Anthony 2002 Ann. rept.
Welland, Michael 2017 Geosci 28(4) (2018)
Wells, Alfred Kingsley 1983 Memb. List and 1984 Ann. rept.
Wells, Maurice Kingsley 1994 Ann. rept.
Wenk, Eduard Jean Louis 2002 Ann. rept.
Westergard, Anton Hilmer 1970 Proc 1664B
Westhead, (Robert) Keith 2018 Geosci 29(7) (2019)
Westlake, Ernest 1923 QJ 79
Westoll, Thomas Stanley 1996 Ann. rept.
Weston, Leigh 2015 Geosci 26(1) (2016)
Wetherell, Dr Nathaniel Thomas 1876 QJ 32
Weyer, Sylvain Van De 1875 QJ 31
Whalley, Edmund Bessell (note) 1961 Proc 1592
Wheeler, Charles Douglas (note) 1944 QJ 100
Wheeler, Dr Richard Vernon 1941 QJ 97
Whewell, Rev Dr William 1867 QJ 23
Whitaker, John Harry McDonald 2001 Ann. rept.
Whitaker, William 1925 QJ 81
White, Charles Abiathar 1912 QJ 68
White, Errol Ivor 1984 Ann. rept.
White, George Willard 1985 Ann. rept.
White, Harold J. Osborne 1955 Proc 1529
Whiteaves, John Joseph Frederick LLD 1910 QJ 66
Whitehead, Sir Charles (note) 1913 QJ 69
Whitehead, Talbot Haes 1965-66 Proc 1636
Whitfield, Thomas Ward 1962 Proc 1602
Whitham, Andrew Gordon 2019 Geosci 30(1) (2020)
Whitney, Josiah Dwight 1897 QJ 53
Whittard, Walter Frederick 1965-66 Proc 1636
Whitten, Douglas Gilbert Alban 1996 Ann. rept.
Whittington, Harry Blackmore 2010 Geosci 20(11)
Whyte, Frank 1986 Ann. rept.
Whyte, Martin Andrew 2013 Geosci 23(11)
Wigginton, Russell Lee 1998 Ann. rev.
Wilcock, Bruce 2011 Geosci 21 (10)
Wilcockson, William Howson 1976 Ann. rept.
Wild, Robert Powley 1947 QJ 103
Wilkins, Andrew Edward 1992 Ann. rept.
Wilkinson, Charles Smith 1892 QJ 48
Wilkinson, Peter 2003 Ann. rept.
Williams, Sir Alwyn, FRS, 2004 Ann. rept.
Williams, Arthur Herbert 1935 QJ 91
Williams, Colin Leslie 2013 Geosci 24(4) (2014)
Williams, Cyril 2009 Geosci 20(5)
Williams, David 1984 Ann. rept.
Williams, George 2016 Geosci 27(9) (2017)
Williams, George Huntington 1895 QJ 51
Williams, Griffith John 1934 QJ 90
Williams, Henry Shaler 1919 QJ 75
Williams, Howel 1983 Ann. rept.
Williams, John Bernard Edgar 2014 Geosci 24(10)
Williams, John Evelyn 1896 QJ 52
Williams, Lawrence Albert Joseph 2011 Geosci 21(7)
Williams, Mervyn 1970 Proc 1664B
Williams, William Hutton (note) 1916 QJ 72
Williamson, Iain Ashworth 2019 Geosci 30(4) (2020)
Williamson. Roger Iain Holt 2010 Geosci 20(10)
Willis, Bailey 1949 QJ 105
Williston, Samuel Wendell 1919 QJ 75
Wills, Leonard Johnston 1983 Memb. List
Wilmore, Albert 1933 QJ 89
Wilmoth, Leslie James 1964 Proc 1618
Wilson, Charles Henry 1888 QJ 44
Wilson, Edward 1899 QJ 55
Wilson, Gilbert 1986 Ann. rept.
Wilson, Harold Edmund 2004 Ann. rept.
Wilson, James Maurice 1932 QJ 88
Wilson, John Brodie 2017 Geosci 28(6) 2018)
Wilson, John Tuzo 1993 Ann. rept.
Wilson, Reginald Charles 1944 QJ 100
Wilson, Robert Angus Munro 1991 Ann. rept.
Wilson, Vernon 1971 Yrbk.
Wiltshire, Rev Thomas 1903 QJ 59
Wiman, Carl 1945 QJ 101
Winch, Nathaniel John 1839 Proc 3(61)
Winkler, Tiberius Cornelius 1898 QJ 54
Winship, George (note) 1930 QJ 86
Winter, William Percy (note) 1950 QJ 106
Winwood, Henry Hoyte 1921 QJ 77
Witchell, Edwin 1888 QJ 44
Withers, Thomas Henry 1954 Proc 1515
Wollaston, George Hyde (note) 1927 QJ 83
Wollaston, William Hyde, MD 1829 Proc 1(10)
Wood, Alan 1991 Ann. rept.
Wood, Christopher John 2016 Geosci 26(10)
Wood, Dennis 2001 Ann. rept.
Wood, Edward 1878 QJ 34
Wood, Frederick Wilfred 1964 Proc 1618
Wood, James George (note) 1928 QJ 84
Wood, Nicholas 1866 QJ 22
Wood, Searles Valentine 1881 QJ 37
Wood, Searles Valentine, jr. 1885 QJ 41
Woodall, John Woodall 1906 QJ 62
Woodland, Austin William 1991 Ann. rept.
Woods, Dr Ethel Gertrude 1939 QJ 95
Woods, Henry 1953 Proc 1502
Woods, Nelly Hooper SEE: Ludbrook, Nelly Hooper
Woods, Julian Edmund Tenison SEE: Tenison-Woods, Julian Edmund
Woodward, Sir Arthur Smith 1945 QJ 101
Woodward, Bernard Barham 1931 QJ 87
Woodward, Charles Josiah 1933 QJ 89
Woodward, Harry Page 1918 QJ 74
Woodward, Henry 1922 QJ 78
Woodward, Horace Bolingbroke 1914 QJ 70
Woodward, Rev John Edmunds (note) 1932 QJ 88
Woodward, Dr Samuel P. 1866 QJ 22
Woolacott, David 1925 QJ 81
Wooldridge, Sidney William 1963 Proc 1611
Woolnough, Walter George 1960 Proc 1582
Wordie, Sir James Mann CBE 1963 Proc 1611
Workman, David Richard 2017
Workman, Rachel SEE: MacRobert, Lady
Worth, Richard Nicholls 1897 QJ 53
Worthington, Paul Francis 2020
Wrather, William Embry 1964 Proc 1618
Wright, Alexander James 2008 Ann. rept.
Wright, Claud William 2010 Geosci 20(7)
Wright, Edmund Patrick 1999 Ann. rev.
Wright, Frederick Eugene 1955 Proc 1529
Wright, James 1957 Proc 1554
Wright, John Edward 1996 Ann. rept.
Wright, Joseph 1924 QJ 80
Wright, Martin Elliott 2013 Geosci 25(2) (2015)
Wright, Thomas 1885 QJ 41
Wright, William 1936 QJ 92
Wright, William Bourke 1940 QJ 96
Wroth, Charles Peter 1991 Ann. rept.
Wünsch, Edward Alfred 1896 QJ 52
Wyatville / Wyattville, Sir Jeffry / Jeffery 1841 Proc 3(81)
Wyllie, Bryce Kerr Nairn 1953 Proc 1502
Wyndham, T. Heathcote G 1877 QJ 33
Wynne, Arthur Beavor 1908 QJ 64
Wynne, Thomas 1893 QJ 49