title: Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Y)
text: # Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Y)
  
  The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed in the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. Founded in 1808, members are appointed for life by co-optation.
  
  ## List of members (Y)
  
  | Name | Type | Division | Date of election | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Frances Amelia Yates | Foreign Member | Literature | 14 April 1980 | Died 29 September 1981. |
  | Maria Yazdanbakhsh | Member | Medical, Biomedical and Health Sciences | 2020 | |
  | A. Young | Corresponding Member | — | 19 October 1809 | Died 12 April 1820. Agricultural scientist. |
  | Thomas Young, FRS | Corresponding Member | First Class | 11 October 1827 | Died 10 May 1829. Polymath. |
  | Annaeus Ypey | Corresponding Member | Second Class | 16 July 1812 | Became a full Member on 27 October 1828. Died 5 April 1837. Theologian and church historian. |
  | Petrus Johannes Maria Ypma | Corresponding Member | Physics | 20 June 1978 | Died 24 January 2002. Geologist. |
  