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Royal Society
British science society
Also known as: Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge
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History & Society
- In full:
- Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge
- Date:
- November 28, 1660
- Areas Of Involvement:
- science
- Related People:
- Isaac Newton
- Christopher Wren
- Ernest Rutherford
- Sir Humphry Davy
- Robert Boyle
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Royal Society, the oldest national scientific society in the world and the leading national organization for the promotion of scientific research in Britain. The Royal Society originated on November 28, 1660, when 12 men met after a lecture at Gresham College, London, by Christopher Wren (then professor of astronomy at the college) and resolved to set up “a Colledge for the promoting of Physico-Mathematicall Experimentall Learning.” Those present included the scientists Robert Boyle and Bishop John Wilkins and the courtiers Sir Robert Moray and William, 2nd Viscount Brouncker. (Brouncker was to become the Royal Society’s first president.) The initiative had ...(100 of 637 words)