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Royal Society [ Institutions / Clubs & Societies ]

… Résumé Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is the world’s oldest scientific institution. In the long eighteenth century, fellows dedicated themselves to … brought them together were also profoundly social and dictated by social convention. Like other London academies, the Royal Society conformed to eighteenth-century notions of sociability. In the spaces of Gresham College, and later Crane …

Henry Oldenburg (and the Philosophical Transactions) [ Science ]

… Résumé Henry Oldenburg was at the centre of the two local social groups formed by the Royal Society, of which he was one of the secretaries, and the international social grouping created by his network of … community during this period. People > Science Mots-clés Correspondence Oldenburg Philosophical Transactions Royal Society Scientific community In the late seventeenth century, scientists, or ‘ natural philosophers ‘  as they were …

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland [ Clubs & Societies ]

… Résumé A circle of amateur antiquarians established the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1780 to lay the foundation of a museum displaying Scottish and world cultural … sociability in the eighteenth century. It paved the way for the National Museum of Antiquities which merged with the Royal Scottish Museum into National Museums Scotland (1985). 1   1 . Society of Antiquaries of Scotland website: … involved in a number of other institutions promoting science and knowledge such as the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society (London), the Philosophical Society (Edinburgh), the Perth Literary and Antiquarian Society, the Royal …

Francis Dashwood [ Association / Associational culture ]

… known for inciting the lurid imagination of Grub Street through the creation of the Brotherhood of St. Francis, a secret society which has since come to be known as the Hell-fire Club. Thus, on the one hand, Dashwood’s life highlights the … his memberships and associations – the Sublime Society of Beefsteaks; the Society of Antiquaries; the Lincoln Club; the Royal Society; the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce – shows that he was an eminently … (1762), previously having sponsored their journey to Greece in 1751. They also ‘played a part in the foundation of the Royal Academy’ in 1768. 9  The first minutes date back to 1736, but the club likely was created earlier, 10  and changed …

Samuel Pepys [ Art and Literature / Politics ]

… patterns of sociability across his life. People > Art and Literature People > Politics Mots-clés London Diaries navy kin Royal Society Tavern Coffeehouse Samuel Pepys’s impressive social rise, chronicled in his diary of the 1660s, owed much to his … court scandal, and being seen there among nobles and statesmen implicitly raised his status. Across London, at the Royal Exchange in Cheapside and in the surrounding coffeehouses, he was also busy making himself known among the …

Freemasonry [ Associational culture / Rituals & Ceremonies ]

… de ses acteurs. Practices > Associational culture Practices > Rituals & Ceremonies Mots-clés Freemasonry aristocracy Royal Society Transnational Hospitality commerce Ship captains Entre-soi aristocratique et mondain En 1736, paraît Cérémonies … Grande Loge se dote alors de Constitutions , dont le duc de Montagu est dédicataire. C’est en effet dans l’orbite de la Royal Society que se constitue le noyau fondateur de la Grande Loge de Londres ainsi que son inspiration newtonienne …