Example sentences of "president of [art] [adj] society " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was enrolled as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1871 , and served as president of the Odontochirurgical Society of Scotland 1881–3 . |
| 2 | He was a fellow of the Geological Society ( 1886 ) , recipient of its Lyell medal ( 1908 ) , a fellow of the Royal Society ( 1911 ) , president of the Geological Society ( 1920–2 ) , and an honorary fellow of the Imperial College of Science ( 1931 ) . |
| 3 | He also served as president of the Geological Society ( 1912–14 ) ; president , section C ( geology ) of the British Association ( 1904 ) ; and vice-president , International Geological Congress ( 1913 ) . |
| 4 | The obscuring by detail of some of his more fundamental and original conclusions may have resulted in formal recognition of his contributions coming rather late in his life , although he was awarded the Murchison medal of the Geological Society in 1906 and was president of the Geological Society of Edinburgh from 1908 to 1910 . |
| 5 | District ) , by G. D. H. Cole ( elected President of the Fabian Society in the same year ) , by Richard Hoggart ( then a staff tutor at the University of Hull ) and by Maurice Bruce ( Director of Extra-Mural Studies at Sheffield ) , all proposing something different for the WEA . |
| 6 | He was warden of the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales , chairman of the BBC 's Welsh consultative council , president of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion ( the society honoured him with its medal ) , president of the court and a fellow of the National Eisteddfod of Wales , president of the National Library of Wales , and an honorary fellow of Jesus College , Oxford . |
| 7 | His stature increased and with such international renown it was natural for him to serve for two years , 1970–2 , as the President of the International Society of Electrochemistry . |
| 8 | As president of the Southern Society in 1984/85 , it was brought home to me very strongly that the district society network has a vital role to play in communications between Moorgate Place and the membership . |
| 9 | She was president of the Genetical Society in 1936 . |
| 10 | He was also treasurer of the British Association ( 1891–8 ) and its president ( 1901 ) , and president of the Physical Society ( 1893–5 ) . |
| 11 | He retained an interest in mineralogy and served as president of the Mineralogical Society 1888–91 . |
| 12 | Princess Margaret , President of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children , opens the Hertfordshire Child Protection Team 's Unit , Hemel Hempstead . |
| 13 | 11 October : The Princess Margaret , Countess of Snowdon , President of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children , this afternoon opened ‘ Treetops ’ , the Society 's Child Protection Team 's Unit in Hemel Hempstead . |
| 14 | He was the last mayor of Teesside , chaired the town 's protection committee for 18 years , served on several national environmental health bodies and is a past president of the National Society for Clean Air . |
| 15 | He was highly respected in his field and became President of the British Society of Hypnotherapists in 1972 . |
| 16 | He wrote for the college magazine , played Kestrel in the college production of Ben Jonson 's The Alchemist and was president of the Conservative Society . |
| 17 | He followed Sir Isaac Newton as President of the Royal Society and held this office until 1741 , making generous financial contributions , one in particular of importance to botany . |
| 18 | Miller dedicated it to the Earl of Macclesfield , then President of the Royal Society and to the Fellows ‘ for the improving of natural knowledge ’ . |
| 19 | He also became President of the Royal Society , so that for 5 years he led its activities in nurturing British science and ripening its fruits . |
| 20 | By the time of Wellcome 's death in 1936 , Dale was long established as Director of the National Institute of Medical Research , and soon afterwards ( 1940- 1945 ) became President of the Royal Society and a principal scientific advisor of government during the war . |
| 21 | From 1895–1897 he was President of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . |
| 22 | Sir Joseph , botanist and explorer , with an interest in plants of agricultural importance , was president of the Royal Society for 42 years . |
| 23 | A college … should provide a school … and the subscribers , becoming Governors of the new institution , should proceed to choose a President , Vice-Presidents , Treasurer , Secretary , and such other officers as should appear convenient … to institute their Veterinary Professor … that His Majesty , and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , be humbly prayed to take it under their joint patronage : and , the Master of the Horse , the President of the Royal Society , the President of the Royal College of Physicians , and the President of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Manufacturers and Commerce , should be each invited to a government of the college … |
| 24 | IN 1815 Sir Humphry Davy , later to become president of the Royal society , invented what came to be known as the Davy miner 's safety lamp . |
| 25 | Shock and indignation jostle for position in the following quote from a speech of the president of the Royal Society , delivered in 1978 : ‘ Ominously , voices have been raised claiming that limits should be set to scientific inquiry — that there are questions which should not be asked and research which should not be undertaken . ’ |
| 26 | Taylor ( 1710–62 ) had a large and popular practice in London , was President of the Royal Society and physician to George II . |
| 27 | After some initial doubt , Sir William Orpen , a future president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters , agreed to adapt his usual free style to paint his first royal portraits , those of the King and Queen . |
| 28 | As president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters , with 40 years of art study behind him , Poole is well placed to draw some conclusions on the art . |
| 29 | Magnus Magnusson , TV presenter , president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , chair of the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland and currently chair of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland , will be taking on the most demanding environmental job in Scotland as the first chair of the new agency . |
| 30 | On 25 April 1763 Stone wrote to George Parker , second Earl of Macclesfield [ q.v. ] , president of the Royal Society , describing the use of dried willow bark as a remedy for fevers and agues . |