Physics
- Frederick Thomas Trouton (1902-1914)
- William Henry Bragg (1915-1923)
- Edward Andrade (1928-1950)
- Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey (1950-1972)
- Franz Ferdinand Heymann (1975-1987)
- John Finney (1993-1999)
- Gabriel Aeppli (2002-present)
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“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people’s attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
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