Honorary Membership of the Society is conferred on microbiologists who have made a distinguished contribution to the science. This list shows deceased Honorary Members and the dates of their election.
For a list of current Honorary Members follow this link.

Sir Christopher Andrewes FRS (1962)

O.T. Avery ForMemRS (1948)

S. Baumberg (2006)

Sir Samuel Bedson FRS (1962)

J.J.B.V. Bordet ForMemRS Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 1919 (1948)

F. Brown FRS (1991)

R.E. Buchanan (1955)

H.J. Bunker (1967)

Sir Macfarlane Burnet OM FRS Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 1960 (1962)

K.R. Butlin (1962)

P.H. Clarke FRS (1996)

K.E. Cooper (1969)

S.T. Cowan (1972)

Sir Howard Dalton FRS (2000)

N. Datta FRS (1988)

A.W. Downie FRS (1978)

S.R. Elsden (1977)

J.F. Enders ForMemRS Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 1954 (1955)

Sir Paul Fildes (1955)

Sir Alexander Fleming FRS Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 1945 (1948)

Lord Florey OM FRS Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 1945 (1965)

E.F. Gale FRS (1978)

E.A. Gaumann (1959)

W. Hayes FRS (1976)

S.O. Jensen (1948)

A.J. Kluyver ForMemRS (1948)

B.C.J.G. Knight (1970)

E.N. Kondrat'eva (1991)

R.C. Lancefield (1968)

A. Lwoff ForMemRS Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 1965 (1962)

Sir Charles Martin FRS (1948)

P.N. Meenan (2002)

Sir Ashley Miles CBE FRS (1972)

P.D. Mitchell FRS Nobel Prize Chemistry 1978 (1984)

J. Monod ForMemRS Nobel Prize Physiology or Medicine 1965 (1968)

E.G.D. Murray (1960)

M.T. Parker (2002)

N. Pfennig (1989)

S.J. Pirt (1989)

J.R. Quayle FRS (1996)

M. Robertson FRS (1960)

K. Smith CBE FRS (1972)

R.T. St. John-Brooks (1946)

A.F.B. Standfast (1970)

R.Y. Stanier FRS (1978)

C.B. Van Neil (1966)

H. Veldkamp (1989)

J. Westerdijk (1957)

P. Wildy (1986)

Sir Robert Williams (2002)

Sir Graham Wilson FRS (1975)