THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY IS IRELAND'S LEADING BODY OF EXPERTS IN THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES

The Royal Irish Academy/Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann champions research. We identify and recognise Ireland’s world class researchers. We support scholarship and promote awareness of how science and the humanities enrich our lives and benefit society. We believe that good research needs to be promoted, sustained and communicated. The Academy is run by a Council of its members. Membership is by election and considered the highest academic honour in Ireland.

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Past Members

  • Bernard Bailyn

    AB(Williams College 1945), AM(Harvard 1947), PhD(Harvard 1953), LLD(Harvard 1999), LHD(Yale) University Professor, Harvard University , PL&A 2011

  • John Raymond Bartlett

    BA, MLitt, MA(Oxon), MA, LittD(Dubl 1970, 1994), FTCD(Emeritus) Retired Professor of Biblical Studies, TCD and Church of Ireland Theological College , PL&A 2007

  • John Raphael (Ray) Bates

    BSc(NUI 1962), PhD(MIT 1969) Emeritus Professor of Meteorology, University of Copenhagen; Adjunct Professor of Meteorology, UCD , Science 1986

  • Werner Anton Vincenz Beierwaltes

    Promotion Phil., Habilitation, Dr (hc) Ioannina Bundesverdienstkreuz Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Honorary Member, PL&A 1986

  • Kenneth Lloyd Bell

    BSc(QUB 1961), MA(UCLA 1964), PhD(QUB 1965) Emeritus Professor of Physics and Former Pro-Vice-Chancellor, QUB Member, Science 2001

  • Eavan Boland

    BA(Dubl 1966), DLitt (Strathclyde 1997), DLitt (Colby 1997), DLitt (NUI 1997), DLitt (Holy Cross 2000), DLitt (Bowdoin 2004), LittD (Dubl 2004). Director, Stanford University , PL&A 2017

  • Thomas Joseph Brazil

    BE, PhD Professor of Electronic Engineering, UCD , Science 2005

  • Philip George Burke

    BSc(Lond 1953), PhD(Lond 1956), DSc(hc Exeter, QUB). FRS Emeritus Professor, QUB , Science 1974

  • Anne Buttimer

    BA, MA(NUI), Standard General Teaching Cert (State of Washington 1961), PhD(University of Washington 1965), DPhil(hc Joensuu 2002, Tartu 2004), DSc(hc Joseph Fourier University 2012), Docteur(hc University of Grenoble 2012) Emerita Professor of Geography, UCD , PL&A 2000

  • Francis John Byrne

    MA Professor of Early (including Medieval) Irish History, UCD , PL&A 1974

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