| | 21 | Name: | Josiah Charles, 1st Baron of Shortlands Stamp | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1880 | | | Death Date: | 4/17/41 | | | | |
| 22 | Name: | George B. Kistiakowsky | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1900 | | | Death Date: | 12/7/82 | | | | |
| 23 | Name: | Morris E. Leeds | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1870 | | | Death Date: | 2/8/1952 | | | | |
| 24 | Name: | Tullio Levi-Civita | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1873 | | | Death Date: | 12/29/41 | | | | |
| 25 | Name: | Esmond R. Long | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1890 | | | Death Date: | 11/11/79 | | | | |
| 26 | Name: | Frank J. Mather | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1868 | | | Death Date: | 11/11/53 | | | | |
| 27 | Name: | Sylvanus G. Morley | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1883 | | | Death Date: | 9/2/48 | | | | |
| 28 | Name: | Dr. Robert S. Mulliken | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1896 | | | Death Date: | 10/31/86 | | | | |
| 29 | Name: | William F. Ogburn | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1887 | | | Death Date: | 4/28/59 | | | | |
| 30 | Name: | Ramon Menendez Pidal | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1869 | | | Death Date: | 11/15/68 | | | | |
| 31 | Name: | Roscoe Pound | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 3. Social Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1871 | | | Death Date: | 7/1/64 | | | | |
| 32 | Name: | Arthur H. Quinn | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 4. Humanities | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1875 | | | Death Date: | 10/16/60 | | | | |
| 33 | Name: | George A. Reisner | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1868 | | | Death Date: | 6/6/42 | | | | |
| 34 | Name: | Howard P. Robertson | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1903 | | | Death Date: | 8/26/61 | | | | |
| 35 | Name: | Adolph G. Rosengarten | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1870 | | | Death Date: | 4/22/46 | | | | |
| 36 | Name: | John Clarke Slater | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1900 | | | Death Date: | 7/25/76 | | | | |
| 37 | Name: | Elvin C. Stakman | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1886 | | | Death Date: | 1/22/79 | | | | |
| 38 | Name: | Wendell M. Stanley | | | Year Elected: | 1940 | | | Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1904 | | | Death Date: | 6/15/71 | | | | |
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