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 |
| STONE, Edward Carroll | Astrophysics | 2022.3.14 | 2024.6.9 | U.S.A. |
| 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 |