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Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh judges to be "eminently distinguished in their subject".
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Elections
Around 50 new fellows are elected each year in March. As of 2016 there are around 1650 Fellows, including 71 Honorary Fellows and 76 Corresponding Fellows. Fellows are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FRSE.
Fellowship
Examples of fellows include Peter Higgs and Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Previous fellows have included Melvin Calvin and Benjamin Franklin. See the Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for more examples.
References
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