The Japan Academy

Deceased Honorary Members (Alphabetical Order)

Honorary Fellow

When His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visited the Japan Academy in May 1975, he was made an Honorary Fellow as an expression of the Academy's appreciation for his many contributions to the advancement of science and development of academic societies and their activities.

Name Elected Retired Country, Region
His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1975.4.12 2021.4.9 UK

Honorary Members

Name Speciality Elected Retired Country, Region
ANDERSON, Philip Warren Condensed Matter Physics 1988.10.12 2020.3.29 U.S.A.
BARDEEN, John Physics and Electric Engineering 1977.1.12 1991.1.30 U.S.A.
BEADLE, George Wells Genetics 1966.11.12 1989.6.9 U.S.A.
BEASLEY, William Gerald Japanese History 1984.11.12 2006.11.19 U.K.
BLUNDEN, Edmund C. English Literature 1950.2.13 1974.1.20 U.K.
BOHR, Niels Physics 1950.2.13 1962.11.18 Denmark
BOISSONADE de Fontarabie, Gustave Civil Law 1895.4.23 1910.6.27 France
BRENNER, Sydney Molecular Biology, Cell Biology

2007.3.12

2019.4.5 U.K.
BREWER, Derek Stanley English Literature 1981.1.12 2008.10.23 U.K.
BUTENANDT, Adolf Biochemistry 1965.10.12 1995.1.18 Germany
CALVIN, Melvin Biochemistry and Biophysics 1975.1.13 1997.1.8 U.S.A.
CAPITANT, René Administrative Law 1960.7.12 1970.5.23 France
CARTAN, Henri Mathematics 1979.5.12 2008.8.13 France
CHANDLER, Alfred du Pont, Jr. Economic History, Business History 1990.3.12 2007.5.9 U.S.A.
CROW, James Franklin Genetics 1983.11.12 2012.1.4 U.S.A.
DE BARY, William Theodore Neo-Confucian Philosophy
Japanese Intellectual History
2010.9.13 2017.7.14 U.S.A.
DEMIÉVILLE, Paul Sinology and Buddhism 1967.6.12 1979.3.23 France
DORE, Ronald Philip Sociology 1986.11.12 2018.11.13 U.K.
EINSTEIN, Albert Physics 1950.2.13 1955.4.18 U.S.A.
ELIOT, Sir Charles Orientalism 1925.12.12 1931.3.16 U.K.
ERIKSSON, Tage Richard Plant Cell Biology 2004.3.12 2017.7.7 Sweden
EULER, Hans von Biochemistry 1958.12.12 1964.11.6 Sweden
EULER, Ulf S.H.von Pharmacology, Physiology 1982.3.12 1983.3.10 Sweden
EWING, Sir Alfred Physics 1929.4.12 1935.6.7 U.K.
FRANK, Bernard Japanese Civilization 1983.4.12 1996.10.15 France
FRANKEL, Otto Herzberg Genetics and Plant Breeding 1983.6.14 1998.11.21 Australia
GELFAND, Izrail Moiseevich Mathematics 1989.2.13 2009.10.5 Russia
GELLHORN, Walter Constitutional Law 1990.2.13 1995.12.9 U.S.A.
GERNET, Jacques Sinology 1990.1.12 2018.3.3 France
GOLDSCHMIDT, Richard B. Genetics 1950.4.12 1958.4.24 U.S.A.
GROUSSET, René Orientalism 1949.11.12 1952.9.12 France
GUNDERT, Wilhelm Japanology 1970.5.12 1971.8.3 Germany
HARRAR, Jacob G. Plant Pathology 1980.11.12 1982.4.18 U.S.A.
HEISENBERG, Werner Carl Physics 1965.1.12 1976.2.1 Germany
HERZBERG, Gerhard Spectroscopy 1976.10.12 1999.3.3 Canada
HOBSBAWM, Eric J. History of Social Thought 2005.2.14 2012.10.1 U.K.
HOFFMANN, Erich Dermatology and Syphilology 1956.2.13 1959.5.8 Germany
HOUSNER, George William Seismology
Earthquake Engineering
1991.2.12 2008.11.10 U.S.A.
HUXLEY, Andrew Neurophysiology
Muscle Physiology
1988.11.14 2012/5/30 U.K.
JANSEN, Marius Berthus Japanese History 1998.10.12 2000.12.10 U.S.A.
JI, Xianlin Linguistics 2008.5.12 2009.7.11 China
KEENE, Donald Sociology 1990.6.12 2019.2.24 U.S.A.
KIM, Tae-Kil Ethics 2008.5.12 2009.5.30 Korea
KLUG, Aaron Molecular and Structural Biology 1998.12.14 2018.11.20 U.K.
KORNBERG, Arthur Molecular Biology, Biochemistry 2004.3.12 2007.10.26 U.S.A.
KUHN, Richard Organic and Physiological Chemistry 1958.12.12 1967.8.1 Germany
LEE, Ho Wang Virology 2009.3.12 2022.7.5 Korea
LE ROY LADURIE, Emmanuel History 2006.3.13 2023.11.22 France
LÉVI, Sylvain Orientalism 1928.5.12 1935.10.31 France
LONGRAIS, Frédéric Joüon des History of Comparative Legislaion 1952.4.12 1975.2.13 France
MELCHERS, Georg Friedrich Genetics 1984.11.12 1997.11.22 Germany
MOLISCH, Hans Plant Physiology 1931.6.12 1937.12.18 Austria
MORANDIÉRE, L.F.Julliot de la Civil Law 1950.7.12 1968.10.16 France
MORTIER, Roland Comparative Literature 2003.12.12 2015.3.31 Belgium
MOTHES, Kurt Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 1974.1.12 1983.2.12 Germany
MULLER, Hermann Joseph Genetics 1960.10.12 1967.4.7 U.S.A.
MÜNTZING, Arne Plant Cytology and Genetics 1983.6.14 1984.1.7 Sweden
NAMBU, Yoichiro Physics 1984.4.12 2015.7.5 U.S.A.
NISH, Ian Hill International History 2007.1.12 2022.7.31 U.K.
OPPENHEIMER, J.Robert Physics 1950.2.13 1967.2.18 U.S.A.
PAL, Benjamin Peary Plant Breeding 1968.6.12 1989.9.14 India
PORTER of Luddenham George,
Baron
Physical Chemistry 1986.11.12 2002.8.31 U.K.
POUND, Roscoe Legal Philosophy 1953.1.12 1964.7.1 U.S.A.
RABI, Isidor Isaac Physics 1950.2.13 1988.1.11 U.S.A.
REISCHAUER, Edwin Oldfather East Asian History 1975.9.12 1990.9.1 U.S.A.
RENOU, Louis Sanskrit 1956.4.12 1966.8.18 France
ROBINSON, Sir Robert Organic Chemistry 1954.1.12 1975.2.8 U.K.
SANSOM, Sir George History of Oriental Culture 1951.1.12 1965.3.8 U.S.A.
SIEGBAHN, Kai Physics 1994.6.7 2007.7.20 Sweden
SMITH, Thomas Carlyle Japanese Economic History 1991.2.12 2004.4.3 U.S.A.
STAKMAN, Elvin Charles Plant Pathology 1975.1.13 1979.1.22 U.S.A.
STANLEY, Wendell Meredith Virology 1968.6.12 1971.6.15 U.S.A.
STERN, Klaus Constitutional Law 2006.3.13 2023.1.5 Germany
STERNBERG, Theodor Civil Law 1950.3.13 1950.4.17 Germany
TODD of Trumpington,
Alexander Robertus, Baron
Organic Chemistry 1977.12.12 1997.1.10 U.K.
TUCCI, Giussepe Orientalism 1955.11.12 1984.4.5 Italy
WALEY, Arthur David Oriental Literature 1965.6.12 1966.6.27 U.K.
WIELAND, Heinrich Organic Chemistry 1952.10.13 1957.2.13 Germany
WINGE, Öjivind Genetics 1959.11.12 1964.4.5 Denmark