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… Image ‘Seal of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’, in Archaeologia Scotica: or Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, volume I. Printed by W. and A. Smellie, printers to the Society, for W. Creech, Edinburgh, and T. Cadell, London, 1792. Image Brown, John, ‘David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of …

… Image Frontispiece of Thomas Sprat's, 'The History of the Royal Society', The Met, New-York, 17.3.1475, 1667. Image Inventory of Robert Hooke’s belongings drawn up following his death, … 'Portrait of William Dampier', National Portrait Gallery, London, NPG 538, 1780. Résumé Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is the world’s oldest scientific institution. In the long eighteenth century, fellows dedicated themselves to … 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 Court, …

… caused by transformism. To some extent, Darwin’s theory reflected his own social practices: he wanted to lead British society toward a golden age through his network of radical thinkers, including the members of the Lunar Society but also the circle of Joseph Johnson in London, struggling for abolitionism and social reforms. People > Science People > Art and Literature People > Philosophy Mots-clés Abolition Affection Community Correspondence Lunar society Social Contract Half a century before Charles Darwin published his essay On the Origin of Species in 1851, his …

… Wikimedia Commons, 1668. 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 … but closely involved in scientific matters, falls into this pattern. He was one of the first secretaries of the Royal Society of London, and he was the centre of a network of scientific correspondence, which was to form the basis of the … , the first periodical devoted to science and technology. Henry Oldenburg was closely involved with the Royal Society. Although he was not present at the founding meeting, 1 which took place at Gresham College on 28 November 1660, …

… too. 2 . Beat Kümin, The Communal Age in Western Europe c. 1100-1800: Towns, Villages and Parishes in Pre-Modern Society (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 2013), esp. ch. 2. 3 . John M. Headley, Hans J. Hillerbrand and Anthony J. Papalas (eds.), Confessionalization in Europe 1550-1700 (Abingdon: Routledge, 2016). 4 . Rudolf Schlögl, Religion and Society at the Dawn of Modern Europe: Christianity Transformed 1750-1850 (London: Bloomsbury, 2021). Documentation … inevitably caused tensions on the ground: Carys Brown, Friends, Neighbours, Sinners: Religious Difference and English Society 1689-1750 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), ch. 2. 12 . Donald A. Spaeth, The Church in an Age of …

… consumption and shared experiences within the new associational forms of the public sphere. Practices > Politics & Society People > Science Mots-clés Audience Coffeehouses Conversation Public sphere Science Scientific experiments played a significant role in the spaces of sociability that characterized British society in the eighteenth century. They were shown in learned societies, educational institutions, clubs, assembly rooms, … public lectures offered to paying audiences. As epistemic practices, they were shaped by conventions forged in the Royal Society of London after its formation in 1660. The Royal Society had coalesced as a microcosm of the restored social …

… Image Isaac Cruikshank, ‘Debating Society’, Courtesy of Lewis Walpope Library, 795.05.05.01, 1756?-1811?. Résumé Debating societies became well-established … admitted a few visitors and did not advertise their activities). There was overlap in some cases, though: the Select Society of Edinburgh (1754), with its membership of landowners and lawyers, was exclusive and gentlemanly yet rather … The most famous institutions were in London: the Westminster Forum, Coachmakers’ Hall, and especially the Robin Hood Society. Imitators of the Robin Hood sprung up in Liverpool in 1768, Dublin by 1771, Limerick 4 , Edinburgh in 1773 ( …