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Sacco, Federico 1950 QJ 106
Sahni, Birbal 1949 QJ 105
Saise, Dr Walter 1938 QJ 94
Sale, Harold Montague (note) 1967 Proc 1642
Salmon, Henry Curwen 1874 QJ 30
Salmond, William 1839 Proc 3(61)
Salomons, Sir David Lionel Goldsmid-Stern 1926 QJ 82
Salter, Alfred Edward (note) 1927 QJ 83
Salter, John William 1870 QJ 26
Sampson, David Noel 1971 Yrbk.
Sandberger, Fridolin von 1899 QJ 55
Sanders, John Nash 1870 QJ 26
Sanders, William 1876 QJ 32
Sandford, Kenneth S. 1971Yrbk.
Sansom, Charles Alan 1945 QJ 101
Saporta, Marquis of 1896 QJ 52
Sargent, Henry Crunden 1932 QJ 88
Sarjeant, William Antony Swithin (Bill) 2002 Ann. rept.
Saunders, James Ebenezer (note) 1910 QJ 66
Saunders, John Baverstock 2017 Geosci 27(10)
Sauvage, Henri Emile 1918 QJ 74
Savage, Robert Joseph Gay 1998 Ann. rev.
Savi, Paolo 1872 QJ 28
Sawkins, James Gay 1879 QJ 35
Sawyer, Arthur Robert 1934 QJ 90
Schaffer, Hofrat Dr Franz Xavier 1960 Proc 1582
Schardt, Hans 1932 QJ 88
Schimper, Wilhelm Philipp 1881 QJ 37
Schindewolf, Otto Heinrich 1971 Yrbk.
Schlotheim, Baron Ernst Friedrich von 1839 Proc 3(61)
Schmidt, Dr Friedrich 1909 QJ 65
Schuchert, Charles 1943 QJ 99
Schurmann, Heinrich Moritz Emil 1983 Memb. List
Schwarz, Ernest Hubert Lewis 1929 QJ 85
Sclater, Philip Lutley 1914 QJ 70
Scoffin, Terence Peter (Terry) 2003 Ann. rept.
Scott, Alexander 1951 QJ 107
Scott, Maj-Gen Alexander de Courcy (note) 1900 QJ 56
Scott, David 1834 Proc 2(35)
Scott, Maj-Gen Douglas Alexander CB, CVO, DSO, 1925 QJ 81
Scott, Dukinfield Henry 1934 QJ 90
Scott, Henry George (note) 1937 QJ 93
Scott, James Frew 1956 Proc 1541
Scott, Marcus Watson Tate 1876 QJ 32
Scott, Robert Andrew 2012 Geosci 23(7) (2013)
Scott, William Berryman 1947 QJ 103
Scrope, George Poulett 1876 QJ 32
Seale, Robert F. 1841 Proc 3(81)
Sedgwick, Adam 1873 QJ 29
Seeley, Harry Govier 1909 QJ 65
Seguenza, Giuseppe 1889 QJ 45
Seilacher, Adolf 2014 Geosci; 24(7)
Selkirk, Dunbar James Douglas, Earl of 1886 QJ 42
Selkirk, William 1961 Proc 1592
Sella, Quentino 1885 QJ 41
Sellwood, Bruce William 2007 Ann. rept.
Selwyn, Alfred Charles CMG, LLD 1903 QJ 59
Seward, Albert Charles 1942 QJ 98
Seymour, John Albert 2015
Shackleton, Edgar Howard 1991 Ann. rept.
Shackleton, Sir Nicholas 2005 Ann. rept.
Shackleton, Robert Millner 2001 Ann. rept.
Shakespear (née Wood), Dame Ethel Mary Reader 1946 QJ 102
Shand, S. James 1957 Proc 1554
Shanklin, John Kenneth 2017 Geosci 28(5) (2018)
Shannon, William George St John 1947 QJ 103
Sharp, Samuel 1882 QJ 38
Sharp, William, MD 1897 QJ 53
Sharpe, Daniel 1857 QJ 13
Shatsky, Nikolai Sergeievich 1961 Proc 1592
Shaw, George (note) 1932 QJ 88
Shaw, Sydney Herbert 1991 Ann. rept.
Shearman, Douglas James 2003 Ann. rept.
Shelley, Donald Robert 2002 Ann. rept.
Shelley, Capt George Ernest (note) 1911 QJ 67
Sherborn, Dr Charles Davies 1942 QJ 98
Sherlock, Robert Lionel 1949 QJ 105
Sherrell, Frederick William 2001 Ann. rept.
Shipman, James 1902 QJ 58
Shore, Thomas William 1905 QJ 61
Shotton, Fred W. 1990 Ann. rept.
Shouls, Malcolm Macdonald, 2004 Ann. rept.
Shrubsole, George William 1894 QJ 50
Shrubsole, Octavius Albert (note) 1927 QJ 83
Shrubsole, William Hobbs 1928 QJ 84
Sibly, Thomas Charles Franklin 1999 Ann. rev.
Sibly, Sir Thomas Franklin 1948 QJ 104
Sikes, Howard Lecky 1944 QJ 100 (name in published obituary erroneously printed as Harold Leslie Sikes)
Silliman, Benjamin 1865 QJ 21
Silvertop, Col or Brig Charles 1840 Proc 3(68)
Simmons, Lt Eric Warr (WD) 1919 QJ 75
Simmons, William Charles 1951 QJ 107
Simon, Alfred Leo (note) 1928 QJ 84
Simons, Herbert Samuel 1957 Proc 1554
Simpson, Ian Morven 2018 Geosci 29(5) (2019)
Simpson, James Cowie (WD) 1917 QJ 73
Simpson, Jane Ann (formerly Plant) 2016 Geosci 26(6)
Simpson, John Baird 1960 Proc 1582
Simpson, Scott 1983 Memb. List
Simpson, William (note) 1916 QJ 72
Skeats, Ernest Willington 1953 Proc 1502
Skempton, Alec Westley 2001 Ann. rept.
Skertchly, Sydney Barner Josiah (note) 1927 QJ 83
Slack, Henry James 1897 QJ 53
Sladen, Walter Percy 1901 QJ 57
Slater, Herbert Kelsall 1914 QJ 70
Slatter, Thomas James 1896 QJ 52
Slavik, Frantisek 1957 Proc 1554
Small, John, Jr. 2017
Smeeth, William Frederick 1953 Proc 1502
Smethurst, Arthur Frederick 1958 Proc 1563
Smith, Alan Gilbert 2017 Geosci 28(3) (2018)
Smith, Alec SEE: Kenyon-Smith, Alec
Smith, Bernard 1937 QJ 93
Smith, Denys Barker 2008 Ann. rept.
Smith, Ernest Gordon 1991 Ann. rept.
Smith, George Frederick Herbert 1953 Proc 1502
Smith, George Varty 1926 QJ 82
Smith, Herbert Gladstone 1950 QJ 106
Smith, James 1867 QJ 23
Smith, Jeremy 1960 Proc 1582
Smith, Dr John Pye 1851 QJ 7
Smith, Michael Charles 1997 Ann. rev.
Smith, Percy Bosworth 1933 QJ 89
Smith, Col. R. Baird 1876 QJ 32
Smith, Stanley 1956 Proc 1541
Smith, Walter Campbell SEE: Campbell Smith, Walter
Smith, William 1840 Proc 3(68)
Smith, William Edward 1989 Ann. rept.
Smithe, Rev Frederick, LLD 1902 QJ 58
Smyth, Louis Bouvier 1953 Proc 1502
Smyth, Sir Warington W. 1891 QJ 47
Snelling, Norman John 2020
Snow, Bernard Geary 1842 Proc 3(86)
Snowball, George 2000 Ann. rept.
Sokolov, Boris 2013 Geosci 25(5) (2015)
Sollas, William Johnson 1937 QJ 93
Solms-Laubach, Hermann Graf zu 1916 QJ 72
Sopwith, Arthur 1921 QJ 77
Sopwith, Thomas 1879 QJ 35
Sopwith, Thomas, jr. (note) 1899 QJ 55
Sorby, Henry Clifton 1909 QJ 65
Southwell, Sir [Charles Archibald] Philip 1983 Memb. List
Sowerby, James de Carle 1872 QJ 28
Spackman, Flower Thomas 1932 QJ 88
Speed, Philip Henry 1993 Ann. rept.
Speight, Robert 1949 QJ 105
Spence, James 1983 Memb. List
Spencer, Edmondson 1956 Proc 1541
Spencer, John 1894 QJ 50
Spencer, Joseph William Winthrop 1923 QJ 79
Spencer, P. Gordon 1991 Ann. rept.
Spencer, William Kingdon 1956 Proc 1541
Spike, Wilfred Ivan 1970 Proc 1662
Spink, Andrew 2020
Spink, Kenneth 2004 Ann. rept.
Spratling, William Joseph (note) 1930 QJ 86
Spratt, Vice Adm Thomas A.B. 1889 QJ 45
Springer, Frank 1928 QJ 84
St Aubyn, Sir John 1840 Proc 3(68)
Stamp, Sir L. Dudley 1968 Proc 1645
Stanger, Dr William 1855 QJ 11
Staniland, Meaburn 1926 QJ 82
Stanley, Evan Richard 1925 QJ 81
Stanley, William Ford 1910 QJ 66
Stanton, William Iredale 2010Geosci 20(7)
Staples, Ernest Henry 1958 Proc 1563
Stather, John Walker 1938 QJ 94
Staub, Rudolf 1962 Proc 1602
Staunton, Sir G.T. 1860 QJ 16
Steart, Frederick Anthony (note) 1961 Proc 1592
Stebbing, William Pinckard Delane 1962 Proc 1602
Steenstrup, Johannes Japetus Smith 1898 QJ 54
Stefanini, Giuseppe 1939 QJ 95
Steinmann, Gustav (note) 1930 QJ 86
Stenhouse, Andrew George 1950 QJ 106
Stephens, John Victor 1983Memb. List
Stephens, Thomas (note) 1915 QJ 71
Stephens, William John (note) 1891 QJ 47
Sternberg, Count Kaspar 1839 Proc 3(61)
Stevens, Chris 1993 Ann. rept.
Stevenson, Francis 1903 QJ 59
Stevenson, John James 1925 QJ 81
Stewart, Fredrick Henry 2001 Ann. rept.
Stewart, P. Charteris A. 1923 QJ 79
Stewart, Rosemary 2003 Ann. rept.
Stewart, Thomas (note) 1944 QJ 100
Stiffe, Capt Arthur William 1913 QJ 69
Stinton, Frederick Charles 1983 Memb. List
Stirrup, Mark 1908 QJ 64
Stockley, Gordon Murray 1983 Memb. List
Stokes, Arthur Henry 1911 QJ 67
Stokes, Charles 1854 QJ 10
Stoliczka, Dr Ferdinand 1875 QJ 31
Stoneley, Robert 2008 Ann. rept.
Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael 1959 Proc 1572
Stoppani, Antonio 1891 QJ 47
Storey, Michael William (Mick) 2002 Ann. rept.
Størmer, Leif 1983 Memb. List
Story-Maskelyne, Mervin Herbert Nevil 1912 QJ 68
Stow, George Raymond Snewin 1990 Ann. rept.
Stow, George William 1883 QJ 39
Stow, George 1956 Proc 1541
Strachey, Sir Richard, GCSI 1908 QJ 64
Strahan, Sir Aubrey 1929 QJ 85
Strachan, Isles 2012 Geosci 23(2) (2013)
Strangways, William Thomas Horner Fox SEE: Ilchester, William Thomas Horner Fox Strangways, 4th Earl of
Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Smith, 1st Baron 1914 QJ 70
Straw, Stephen Henry 1963 Proc 1611
Strickland, Hugh Edwin 1854 QJ 10
Stuart, Alan 1983 Ann. rept.
Stubblefield, Sir Cyril James 1999 Ann. rev.
Studer, Bernhard 1888 QJ 44
Studer, Joseph Paul (note) 1951 QJ 107
Stumpfl, Eugen Friedrich 2004 Ann. rept.
Stur, Dionys 1894 QJ 50
Sturt, Brian 2000 Ann. rept.
Stutchbury, Samuel 1860 QJ 16
Subramaniam, Anantharama Parameswara 1973 Yrbk.
Suess, Eduard 1915 QJ 71
Sugden, Walter 1977 Ann. rept.
Sujkowski, Zbigniew Leliwa 1955 Proc 1529
Süssmilch, Carl Adolph 1947 QJ 103
Sutcliffe, William Henry 1914 QJ 70
Sutton, John 1992 Ann. rept.
Swansea, Lord (Sir Henry Hussey Vivian, bart) 1895 QJ 51
Swanston, William 1934 QJ 90
Sweet, George (note) 1921 QJ 77
Sweeting, George Scotland 1977 Ann. rept.
Swinnerton, Henry Hurd 1968 Proc 1645
Swinney, Leslie Alfred Edward 1923 QJ 79
Swinton, William Elgin 1994 Ann. rept.
Sylvester-Bradley, Peter Colley 1979 Memb.List
Symes, Robert Frederick (Bob) 2016
Symonds, Rev William S 1888 QJ 44
Synge, George (note) 1926 QJ 82
Szabo, Chevalier Dr Josef 1895 QJ 51