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181	Name:	Robert W. Bunsen
	Year Elected:	1862
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

182	Name:	Dr. Walter Burkert
	Institution:	University of Zurich
	Year Elected:	1987
	Class:	4. Humanities
	Subdivision:	405. History and Philology, East and West, through the 17th Century
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased
	Birth Date:	1931
	Death Date:	March 11, 2015

	An Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Zurich, Walter Burkert was a well-known historian of Greek religion. He brought methodological innovation and keen insight to the ancient texts and materials of his field, and his work has implications for all aspects of ancient Mediterranean studies, from literature to science to philosophy to religion. Dr. Burkert received training in classical philology, history and philosophy at the Universities of Erlangen and Munich, obtained his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Erlangen in 1955 and taught there over much of the next ten years. In 1965 he served as a junior fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. for one year before becoming a professor of classical philology at the Technical University of Berlin. He joined the faculty of the University of Zurich in 1969 and taught there for 27 years before retiring. He had published books on the balance between lore and science in the followers of Pythagoras; on ritual and archaic cult survival; on the ritual killing at the heart of religion; and on the reception in the Hellenic world of Near Eastern and Persian culture, which sets Greek religion in its wider Aegean and Near Eastern context. Among his works are Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth (English translation, 1982), which is considered an outstanding account of concepts in Greek religion; Ancient Mystery Cults (1987); and Creation of the Sacred (1996). Walter Burkert died March 11, 2015, at the age of 84 in Zurich, Switzerland.

183	Name:	Nicholas L. Burmann
	Year Elected:	1791
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased
	Birth Date:	1734

184	Name:	Hermann Burmeister
	Year Elected:	1856
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

185	Name:	Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
	Institution:	University of Oxford; Royal Society of Edinburgh; Trinity College Dublin
	Year Elected:	2016
	Class:	1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
	Subdivision:	101. Astronomy
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Living
	Birth Date:	1943

	Jocelyn Bell Burnell is widely recognized as the individual responsible for the 1967 discovery of pulsars. With skill and perseverance she overcame the skepticism and resistance of her senior colleagues to make one of the most important and dramatic discoveries in 20th century astrophysics. In 2018 her essential role in the discovery was recognized by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation with a Special Breakthrough Prize. Bell Burnell donated the associated prize money to the Institute of Physics to support scholarships for individuals from underrepresented groups. Later in her career she worked in infrared, X-ray and gamma-ray astrophysics. More recently she turned her attention to education including the public understanding of science where according to the Royal Society, her contribution "has been uniquely valuable." The Royal Society web site refers to Jocelyn Bell Burnell as "one of the most influential scientists in the UK." She was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2018.

186	Name:	F. Macfarlane Burnet
	Year Elected:	1960
	Class:	2. Biological Sciences
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased
	Birth Date:	1899
	Death Date:	8/31/85

187	Name:	Sir George Burrows
	Year Elected:	1873
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

188	Name:	Jose M. Bustamante
	Year Elected:	1828
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

189	Name:	John Martin Butt
	Year Elected:
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased
	Birth Date:	10/14/1738
	Death Date:	10/18/1769

	John Marten Butt (14 October 1738–18 October 1769) was a physician and a member of the American Philosophical Society via his 1768 election to the American Society. He was born in Lichfield, England, and in 1760 earned an M.D. degree at Edinburgh University, where he met a number of future APS members, including Dr. John Morgan. Butt’s sole publication was his M.D. thesis, which was highly praised by Morgan and translated at his request so it could become part of his medical lectures. In 1762, Butt matriculated to St. Mary Hall, Oxford, perhaps with the intention of becoming a clergyman. But by the fall of 1763 he had relocated to Jamaica. He shared a short paper on the vegetating fly of Dominica with the Bishop of Carlisle, who forwarded it to the Royal Society of London. The paper was read at a Royal Society meeting in 1764, and Butt was elected a fellow three years later. He was also an honorary member of the Medical Society of Edinburgh. He died unexpectedly in England in 1769 shortly after his return from Jamaica. His father-in-law Fortunatus Dwarris was an APS member. (PI)

190	Name:	Pierre J.G. Cabanis
	Year Elected:	1786
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased
	Birth Date:	1756

191	Name:	Louis C. Cadet-Gassicourt
	Year Elected:	1787
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

192	Name:	Pedro Caevallos
	Year Elected:	1804
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

193	Name:	Dr. Claude Cahen
	Institution:	University of Paris
	Year Elected:	1983
	Class:	4. Humanities
	Subdivision:	401. Archaeology
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased
	Birth Date:	1909
	Death Date:	11/18/91

194	Name:	Santiago Ramon y Cajal
	Year Elected:	1932
	Class:	2. Biological Sciences
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased
	Birth Date:	1852
	Death Date:	10/17/34

195	Name:	Adolph C.P. Callisen
	Year Elected:	1841
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

196	Name:	Professor Halet Çambel
	Institution:	Istanbul University
	Year Elected:	1979
	Class:	4. Humanities
	Subdivision:	401. Archaeology
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased
	Birth Date:	1916
	Death Date:	January 12, 2014

	An eminent scholar and expert in the archaeology of the Anatolian Peninsula, Halet Çambel was born in Germany in 1916. The daughter of an old and distinguished Ottoman family, she received her Ph.D. from Istanbul University in 1945 and went on to found the chair of prehistoric archaeology at Istanbul University, where she taught and inspired generations of students. Renowned for conducting rescue excavations of endangered heritage sites, Dr. Çambel introduced stone restoration techniques and ensured proper conservation of significant cultural heritage in Turkey. She was instrumental in protecting a village of unique Turkish houses and opened an Art and Culture House where concerts, exhibitions and other cultural activities take place. Halet Çambel's meticulous scholarship, commitment to international collaboration and enthusiasm for innovative research are praised both in Turkey and in the wider international community. Her numerous publications, television programs, documentaries, and the first open-air museum of antiquities at the Karatepe-Aslanta site are among her contributions to knowledge of and accessibility to the civilizations and historical riches of Turkey. Among Dr. Çambel's many awards is the Prince Claus Award honoring her dedicated scholarship and her role in expanding the possibilities for interaction between people and their cultural heritage. Halet Çambel died January 12, 2014, at the age of 97 at her home in Instanbul.

197	Name:	George D. Campbell
	Year Elected:	1886
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

198	Name:	Pieter Camper
	Year Elected:	1789
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased
	Birth Date:	1722

199	Name:	Adrien G. Camper
	Year Elected:	1806
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

200	Name:	Pedro Rodriguez Campomanes
	Year Elected:	1784
	Residency:	International
	Living? :	Deceased

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