List of Royal Academicians

This is a partial list of Royal Academicians (post-nominal: RA), academicians of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. A full list is available on the web pages of the Royal Academy Collections.

Name Elected NotesRef. John Baker 1768 Foundation member George Barret Francesco Bartolozzi Agostino Carlini Foundation member; Keeper 1783–90 Charles Catton Foundation member Mason Chamberlin William Chambers Foundation member; first Treasurer 1768–96 Giovanni Battista Cipriani Foundation member Francis Cotes George Dance the Younger Foundation member; Professor of Architecture 1798–1805 Nathaniel Dance-Holland Foundation member Thomas Gainsborough John Gwynn Francis Hayman Foundation member; first Academy librarian 1770–1776 Nathaniel Hone Foundation member Angelica Kauffman Jeremiah Meyer George Michael Moser Foundation member; first Keeper 1768–83 Mary Moser Foundation member Francis Milner Newton Foundation member; first Secretary 1768–88 Edward Penny Foundation member; first Professor of Painting 1768–82 Joshua Reynolds Foundation member; President 1768–92 John Inigo Richards Foundation member; Secretary 1788–1810 Paul Sandby Foundation member Thomas Sandby Foundation member; first Professor of Architecture 1768–98 Dominic Serres Foundation member; Librarian 1792–93 Peter Toms Foundation member William Tyler Samuel Wale Foundation member; first Professor of Perspective 1768–1786; Librarian 1782–86 Benjamin West Foundation member; President 1792–1805 & 1806–20 Richard Wilson Foundation member; Librarian 1776–1782 Joseph Wilton Foundation member; Librarian 1786–1790; Keeper 1790–1803 Richard Yeo Foundation member Francesco Zuccarelli William Hoare 1769 Nominated member Johann Zoffany Edward Burch 1771 Librarian 1794–1814 Richard Cosway Joseph Nollekens 1772 James Barry 1773 Professor of Painting 1782–1799 Matthew William Peters 1777 Honorary Chaplain 1784–1788 John Singleton Copley 1779 John Bacon 1778 Philip James de Loutherbourg 1781 George Stubbs Edmund Garvey 1783 John Francis Rigaud 1784 Thomas Banks 1785 Joseph Farington James Wyatt President 1805–1806 William Hodges 1787 James Northcote John Opie 1788 Professor of Painting 1805–1807 John Russell William Hamilton 1789 Henry Fuseli 1790 Professor of Painting 1799–1805 & 1810–25; Keeper 1804–1825 Ozias Humphrey 1791 Francis Wheatley John Yenn Treasurer 1796–1820 John Webber Francis Bourgeois 1793 Robert Smirke Thomas Lawrence 1794 President 1820–30 Richard Westall Thomas Stothard Librarian 1814–1834 John Hoppner 1795 Sawrey Gilpin 1797 William Beechey 1798 Associate RA: 1793 Thomas Daniell 1799 Henry Tresham Professor of Painting 1807–1809 John Flaxman 1800 First Professor of Sculpture 1810–26 Martin Archer Shee President 1830–50 John Soane 1802 Professor of Architecture 1806–37 J. M. W. Turner Professor of Perspective 1807–37 Henry Thomson 1804 Keeper 1825–27 William Owen 1806 Samuel Woodforde 1807 Henry Howard 1808 Secretary 1811–47; Professor of Painting 1833–1847 Thomas Phillips Professor of Painting 1825–32 Augustus Wall Callcott 1810 Henry Bone 1811 James Ward David Wilkie Richard Westmacott Professor of Sculpture 1827–56 Robert Smirke Treasurer 1820–50 Philip Reinagle 1812 William Theed 1813 George Dawe 1814 Edward Bird 1815 Henry Raeburn Alfred Edward Chalon 1816 John Jackson 1817 Francis Leggatt Chantrey 1818 William Hilton 1819 Keeper 1827–39 William Collins 1820 Librarian 1840–42 Abraham Cooper Edward Hodges Baily 1821 Richard Cook 1822 William Daniell Ramsay Richard Reinagle 1823 George Jones 1824 Librarian 1834–1840; Keeper 1840–50 Jeffry Wyatville Charles Robert Leslie 1826 Professor of Painting 1847–52 Henry William Pickersgill Librarian 1856–64 William Wilkins Professor of Architecture 1837–39 William Etty 1828 John Constable 1829 Charles Lock Eastlake 1830 Librarian 1842–44; President 1850–65 Edwin Henry Landseer 1831 William Allan 1835 Clarkson Stanfield 1835 Charles Robert Cockerell 1836 Professor of Architecture 1839–59 John Gibson John Peter Gandy 1838 Frederick Richard Lee Thomas Uwins Librarian 1844–55 Daniel Maclise 1840 Solomon Alexander Hart Professor of Painting 1854–63; Librarian 1864–81 William Frederick Witherington John James Chalon 1841 Philip Hardwick Treasurer 1850–61 David Roberts Charles Barry 1842 William Charles Ross 1843 John Prescott Knight 1844 Secretary 1847–1873; Professor of Perspective 1852–1860 Charles Landseer 1845 Keeper 1851–73 John Rogers Herbert 1846 Thomas Webster Charles West Cope 1848 Professor of Painting 1866–75 William Dyce Richard Westmacott 1849 Professor of Sculpture 1857–68 John Watson Gordon 1851 Francis Grant President 1866–78 Richard Redgrave William Powell Frith 1853 Samuel Cousins 1855 Frederick Richard Pickersgill 1857 Keeper 1873–1887 John Henry Foley 1858 Sydney Smirke 1859 Treasurer 1861–1874; Professor of Architecture 1860–1865 Augustus Egg 1860 George Gilbert Scott Professor of Architecture 1866–1873 Edward William Cooke 1863 William Boxall Frederick Goodall John Everett Millais President 1896 Henry Weekes Professor of Sculpture 1868–76 John Callcott Horsley 1864 Treasurer 1882–1897 Carlo Marochetti 1866 George Richmond Philip Hermogenes Calderon 1867 Keeper 1887–98 Thomas Sidney Cooper George Frederic Watts Frederic Leighton 1868 President 1878–96 Edward Middleton Barry 1869 Professor of Architecture 1873–80; Treasurer 1874–80 James Sant Richard Ansdell 1870 William Charles Thomas Dobson 1871 Lumb Stocks George Edmund Street Professor of Architecture 1880–81; Treasurer 1880–81 Frederick Walker Edward Armitage 1872 Professor of Painting 1875–82 Thomas Woolner 1874 Professor of Sculpture 1877–78 John Gilbert 1876 Edward Poynter President 1896–1918 William Quiller Orchardson 1877 Richard Norman Shaw Treasurer 1882 Henry Stacy Marks 1878 William Frederick Yeames Librarian 1896–1911 Lawrence Alma-Tadema 1879 John Evan Hodgson Librarian 1882–95; Professor of Painting 1882–95 George Vicat Cole 1880 Henry Hugh Armstead John Loughborough Pearson William Burges 1881 Peter Graham Edwin Long Walter William Ouless Briton Rivière Joseph Edgar Boehm 1882 Frank Holl 1883 Alfred Waterhouse 1885 Treasurer 1897–1901 Luke Fildes 1887 Marcus Stone Hamo Thornycroft 1888 Hubert von Herkomer 1890 Professor of Painting 1899–1900 & 1906–1909 Thomas Brock 1891 Frank Dicksee President 1924–1928 Andrew Carrick Gow Keeper 1911–1920; Librarian 1911–1920 Alfred Gilbert 1892 Professor of Sculpture 1900–1904 Val Prinsep 1894 Professor of Painting 1900–1903 Edward Onslow Ford 1895 William Blake Richmond Professor of Painting 1895–1899 & 1909–1911 John William Waterhouse Ernest Crofts 1896 Keeper 1898–1911 Thomas Graham Jackson Treasurer 1901–1912 John Singer Sargent 1897 George Frederic Watts Edwin Austin Abbey 1898 George Aitchison Professor of Architecture 1887–1905 Benjamin Williams Leader George Frederick Bodley 1902 George Frampton Aston Webb 1903 Treasurer 1912–1919; President 1919–24 Robert Walker Macbeth David Murray 1905 George Clausen 1908 Professor of Painting 1903–1906 William Lionel Wyllie 1907 John Belcher 1909 Goscombe John James Jebusa Shannon Arthur Stockdale Cope 1910 Charles Napier Hemy Frank Bramley 1911 Henry Herbert La Thangue 1912 Reginald Blomfield 1914 Professor of Architecture 1907–11 Alfred East 1913 G.A. Storey 1914 Professor of Perspective 1914–19 Henry Scott Tuke John Arnesby Brown 1915 Charles Sims Keeper 1920–26 Ernest George 1917 William Robert Colton Professor of Sculpture 1907–1911 Frank Brangwyn 1919 Mark Fisher Ernest Newton William Orpen Adrian Scott Stokes David Young Cameron 1920 Richard Jack William Llewellyn President 1928–1938 Charles Haslewood Shannon Edwin Landseer Lutyens President 1938–1944 Robert Anning Bell 1922 Giles Gilbert Scott Bertram Priestman 1923 Samuel Melton Fisher 1924 Terrick Williams Philip Connard 1925 Keeper 1945–1949 John James Burnet Alfred Munnings President 1944–1949 Walter Westley Russell 1926 Keeper 1927–42 Augustus John 1928 William Reid Dick Gerald Kelly 1930 Keeper 1943–1945; President 1949–1954 Sydney Lee Treasurer 1932–40 Herbert Baker 1932 George Spencer Watson Wilfrid de Glehn Henry Macbeth-Raeburn 1933 Associate RA: 1922 William Russell Flint William Curtis Green Frank Short Treasurer 1919–32 Lamorna Birch 1934 Frank Cadogan Cowper Walter Sickert Francis Dodd 1935 Guy Dawber Laura Knight 1936 Henry Rushbury Keeper 1949–1964 Harold Knight 1937 Edwin Cooper Treasurer 1940–42 Frederick William Elwell 1938 Walter Thomas Monnington President 1966–76 Charles Wheeler 1940 President 1956–66 James Bateman 1942 Meredith Frampton Vincent Harris Treasurer 1942–54 Arthur Joseph Davis Thomas Cantrell Dugdale 1943 Algernon Newton Albert Richardson 1944 Professor of Architecture 1946–61; President 1954–56 Charles Cundall Edward Maufe 1947 Treasurer 1954–58 Winston Churchill 1948 Honorary Academician Extraordinary Henry Lamb 1949 Arthur Ralph Middleton Todd Stanley Spencer 1950 John Nash 1951 Arnold Mason Steven Spurrier 1952 Frank Dobson 1953 Louis de Soissons Treasurer 1958–1962 Richard Eurich William Dring 1955 Hubert Worthington Howard Robertson 1958 Peter Greenham 1960 Keeper 1964–1985 Basil Spence Professor of Architecture 1961–1967; Treasurer 1962–1964 Herbert James Gunn 1961 Treasurer 1964 Norman Hepple Rodney Joseph Burn 1962 L.S. Lowry Donald McMorran Treasurer 1965 John Aldridge 1963 Marshall Sisson Treasurer 1965–70 Raymond Erith 1964 Andrew Freeth 1965 Uncle of Peter Freeth Carel Weight Henry Carr 1966 William Roberts Raymond Teague Cowern 1968 Charles Mahoney Eric Schilsky William Holford Treasurer 1970–1975 Roger de Grey 1969 Treasurer 1976–1984; President 1984–1993 Frederick Gibberd Leonard Rosoman Willi Soukop Hugh Casson 1970 Treasurer 1975–1976; President 1976–1984 Edward Ardizzone Colin Hayes John Bratby 1971 Gertrude Hermes Norman Adams 1972 Keeper 1986–1995; Professor of Painting 1986 & 1995–1999 Ralph Brown Jean Cooke Maxwell Fry Professor of Architecture 1967–1975 Frederick Gore Edward Wolfe William MacTaggart 1973 Edward Middleditch Keeper 1985–1986 Fred Cuming 1974 Bryan Kneale Professor of Sculpture 1985–1989 Kyffin Williams Olwyn Bowey 1975 Henry Thomas Cadbury-Brown Professor of Architecture 1975–88 Ernő Goldfinger Elizabeth Blackadder 1976 Jennifer Dickson Elisabeth Frink 1977 Anthony Green Philip Powell Treasurer 1985–1995 Sandra Blow 1978 Leonard Manasseh 1979 Eduardo Paolozzi David Tindle Peter Blake 1981 Eranda Professor of Drawing 2002–2004 William Bowyer Sonia Lawson 1982 Tom Phillips 1984 Trevor Dannatt 1983 Professor of Architecture 1988–1995 Michael Rothenstein Richard Rogers 1984 Philip Dowson 1985 President 1993–1999 Donald Hamilton Fraser Leslie Martin Ove Arup 1986 Allen Jones Michael Kenny Treasurer 1995–1999 Morris Kestelman Norman Ackroyd 1988 Eileen Agar Craigie Aitchison Phillip King Professor of Sculpture 1989–1999; President 1999–2004 Ann Christopher 1989 Lawrence Gowing Honorary Curator 1985–1991 Berthold Lubetkin Michael Sandle Anthony Whishaw Theo Crosby 1990 Ivor Abrahams 1991 Professor of Sculpture 2007–2010 Norman Ackroyd Professor of Printmaking Diana Armfield Gillian Ayres John Bellany Edward Cullinan Kenneth DraperPeter FreethElected ARA: 30 May 1990