LinneanSociety usually refers to the LinneanSociety of London . Organisations with similar names include Australia LinneanSociety of New South Wales Canada Soci t linn enne du Qu bec France La Soci t Linn enne de la Seine maritime Soci t linn enne de Lyon Soci t linn enne de Provence Soci t Linn enne de Bordeaux Soci t Linn enne de Normandie Sweden Swedish Linnaeus Society United States LinneanSociety of Lake Superior Linnaean Society of New York dab ... more details
unreferenced stub date November 2011 infobox journal cover Image Botanical journal of the LinneanSociety cover.jpg discipline Plant sciences publisher Blackwell on behalf of the LinneanSociety country UK ISI 0.805 ISSN 0024 4074 editor Michael F. Fay openaccess To developing countries via AGORA also upon payment of a fee by the author. The Botanical Journal of the LinneanSociety Bot. J. Linn. Soc. is a scientific journal publishing original papers relating to the taxonomy of all plant groups and fungi , including anatomy , biosystematics , cell biology cytology , ecology , ethnobotany , electron microscopy , morphogenesis , palaeobotany , palynology and phytochemistry . The journal is published by the LinneanSociety of London and is available in both print and searchable online formats. Like the Biological Journal of the LinneanSociety published since 1858 , the journal evolved from the Society s original journal Transactions , which covered early papers by Charles darwin Darwin and Alfred Wallace Wallace , becoming an essential, contemporary publication for all those currently working in the field of botany . Category Botany journals Category LinneanSociety of London Category Wiley Blackwell academic journals sci journal stub da Botanical Journal of the LinneanSociety es Botanical Journal of the LinneanSociety nl Botanical Journal of the LinneanSociety ru Botanical Journal of the LinneanSociety zh ... more details
Primarysources article date May 2011 Zoological Journal of the LinneanSociety is the scientific journal of the LinneanSociety published by Wiley Blackwell . According to EBSCO Publishing EBSCOhost , it p resents original papers on zoology with an emphasis on the diversity, systematics, interrelationships, and habits of animals both living and extinct. cite quote See also List of zoology journals External links http www.wiley.com bw journal.asp?ref 0024 4082 Official website biology journal stub Category Zoology journals Category LinneanSociety of London Category Wiley Blackwell academic journals fr Zoological Journal of the LinneanSociety nl Zoological Journal of the LinneanSociety ... more details
The Bicentenary Medal is a scientific award which is awarded by the LinneanSociety . It is awarded annually in recognition of work done by a biologist under the age of 40 years. It was first awarded in 1978 on the 200th anniversary of the death of Carolus Linnaeus . Recipients 1978 David Hawksworth 1979 Roger Blackman 1980 Christopher Humphries 1981 R.S.K. Barnes 1982 H.J.B. Birks 1983 John Krebs 1984 Peter Crane 1985 Nicholas Barton 1986 David Minter 1987 A.J. Jeffreys 1988 Richard Gornall 1989 Paul Brakefield 1990 Charlie Jarvis 1991 David Rollinson 1992 Stephen Blackmore 1993 A.B. Smith 1994 Richard Bateman botanist Richard Bateman 1995 M.H. Kurmann 1996 P.H. Williams 1997 D.G. Reid 1998 R.D.N. Page 1999 Paul Kenrick 2000 Mike Fay 2001 Mark Wilkinson 2002 Per Ahlberg 2003 R.T. Pennington 2004 John Stothard 2005 Peter Hollingsworth biologist Peter Hollingsworth 2006 Vincent Savolainen 2007 Max Telford 2008 William Baker 2009 Michael Engel 2010 Beverley Glover 2011 Paul Barrett External links http www.linnean.org index.php?id 345 Category Biology awards Category LinneanSociety of London Category British science and technology awards Category Awards established in 1978 nl Bicentenary Medal ... more details
Linnean is closely associated to the alternative spelling Linnaean , and can refer to any of the following, all of which are related to the original system of scientific taxonomy of biological species or its author Carl Linnaeus . The LinneanSociety of London suggests http www.linnean.org index.php?id 19 that the distinction in spelling is between Linnaean referring to Linnaeus himself, his works, his classification scheme and the system of nomenclature, and Linnean referring to the various societies and is in accord with the name von Linn , which Linnaeus adopted after being ennobled in 1761. LinneanLinneanSociety of LondonLinneanSociety of New South Wales Linnean Medal Linnean Tercentenary Medal Swedish LinneanSociety Linnaean Linnaean enterprise Linnaean Garden Linnaean Society of New England Linnaean Society of New York Linnaean taxonomy See also Linn ska institutet disambig ... more details
64 Joyce Winifred Vickery , council member 1969 78 See also LinneanSociety of London References Reflist cite journal author Robertson, R. N. title A Society of Natural History. I hope they may succeed. the first hundred years journal Proceedings of the LinneanSociety of New South Wales volume 99 issue ...The LinneanSociety of New South Wales promotes the Cultivation and Study of the Science of Natural History in all its Branches and was founded in Sydney , New South Wales Australia in 1874 and incorporated in 1884. ref name abs cite book title Official year book of the Commonwealth of Australia edition 55 year 1969 publisher Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics page 290 ref ref cite web url http www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au asaw biogs A002200b.htm title LinneanSociety of New South Wales 1874 publisher Australian Science at Work ref It succeeded the Entomological Society of New South Wales , founded in 1862 ref cite book title The Enlightenment and the origins of European Australia author John Gascoigne year 2002 publisher Cambridge University Press isbn 0521803438 page 91 ref and folded in 1872, ref name Anderson cite journal author Anderson, Kay title Science and the Savage the LinneanSociety of New South Wales, 1874 1900 volume 5 issue 2 year 1998 journal Cultural Geographies issn 1474 4740 pages 125 143 doi 10.1177 147447409800500201 ref with James Charles Cox as its first ...?itemid 66226 LinneanSociety of New South Wales , State Library of New South Wales Proceedings ... was in 1875. ref name Anderson The establishment of the Society was largely due to the dedication ... important member in the society s early history was Joseph James Fletcher who was director and librarian ... of the society. In September 1882, a fire destroyed the library and a part of the scientific material of the society. The efforts of William Macleay made it possible nevertheless for the society to continue its activities. In 1903, the Society created the Macleay bursary which, has since helped ... more details
for the London planning and conservation organisation LondonSociety organisation Image 1869 LondonSociety v16 no95.png thumb 150px right LondonSociety 1869 LondonSociety was a Victorian era illustrated monthly periodical, subtitled an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation . It was published between 1862 and 1898 by W. Clowes and Sons, London . ref cite web url http nla.gov.au nla.cat vn3125703 title Londonsociety an illustrated magazine of light and amusing literature for the hours of relaxation publisher National Library of Australia accessdate 2009 02 02 ref The magazine published miscellaneous articles, short fiction mostly anonymous , and serialized novels. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction called it an inferior imitator of George Murray Smith Smith s Cornhill Magazine Cornhill . ref name Sutherland cite book title The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction author John Sutherland publisher Stanford University Press year 1990 pages 381 isbn 0804718423 url http books.google.com books?id QzJ3yNVVqtUC&pg PA381 ref Literary contributors included Charlotte Riddell , whose novels Above Suspicion 1874 and The Senior Partner 1881 2 were serialized ref cite web url http www.geocities.com helenvict0r VicPeriod.html title Victorian Periodicals publisher accessdate 2009 02 02 archiveurl http www.webcitation.org query?url http www.geocities.com helenvict0r VicPeriod.html&date 2009 10 25 23 50 15 archivedate 2009 10 26 ref Florence Marryat Open Sesame and a pre Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle . Illustrators included Mary Ellen Edwards , Randolph Caldecott , Harry Furniss , F. A. Fraser , and George Cruikshank . ref name Sutherland References Reflist Cooke, Simon. Illustrated Periodicals of the 1860s . Pinner, Middlesex Private Libraries Association , 2010 ISBN 978 0 900002 28 x External links http books.google.com books?id qTYZAAAAYAAJ July to December 1894 issues , from Google Books http books.google.com books?id iD9KAAAAMAAJ ... more details
The Society of Entomologists of London was one of a series of brief lived entomological societies based in London .The members met to exhibit, identify and exchange, sell or purchase insects which were ... 1745 is the first definite year for the Aurelian entomology Aurelian Society of London but it was almost certainly already in existence before that year. The Aurelian Society disbanded after a fire in 1748 destroyed the Library and records of the Society. It is claimed to be the first entomological society in the world although there were similar groups in Italy , France and the Germany German states. Moses Harris was a member. 1762 saw the formation of the second Aurelian Society, which survived only a few years. 1780 was the foundation year of the Society of Entomologists of London, which survived until August 1782. Dru Drury was a member. 1801 saw a third Aurelian Society, which survived ... society entitled the Entomological Society later called the Entomological Society of London . 1815 ... Society of London went into decline, and met only occasionally until 1822. 1822 several of the members of the Society set up another Society, the Entomological Society of Great Britain, and the Entomological Society of London was adjourned for a year. 1824 saw most of the members of the two latter societies joined with various members of the LinneanSociety of London to found the Zoological Club of the LinneanSociety of London, which later became the Zoological Society of London . In 1826 another entomological society was formed, the Entomological Club. The Club was at first scientific ... Society of London was formed. It is the present Royal Entomological Society of London . References Sheffield Airey Neave 1933 The History of the Entomological Society of London, 1833 1933 Printed by R. Clay & sons, London DEFAULTSORT Society Of Entomologists Of London Category Learned societies ... expansion and exotica of all kinds flooded into trade centres such as London or Amsterdam . These included ... more details
The Linnean Medal at the website of the LinneanSociety of London Category Biology awards Category Awards established in 1888 Category LinneanSociety of London Category British science and technology ...Image Medaille Linnaeus.jpg thumb 220px right Linnean Medal. The Linnean Medal formerly referred to as the Gold Medal of the LinneanSociety of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or as has been common since 1958 to one of each in the same year. The medal was of gold until 1976, and is for the preceding years often referred to as the Gold Medal of the LinneanSociety . Linnean Medallists 19th century 1888 Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph D. Hooker and Richard Owen Sir Richard Owen 1889 Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle 1890 Thomas Henry Huxley 1891 Jean Baptiste douard Bornet 1892 Alfred Russel Wallace 1893 Daniel Oliver 1894 Ernst Haeckel 1895 Ferdinand Julius Cohn 1896 George James Allman 1897 Jacob Georg Agardh 1898 George Charles Wallich 1899 John Gilbert Baker 1900 Alfred Newton 20th century 1901 George King botanist Sir George King 1902 Albert von K lliker 1903 Mordecai Cubitt Cooke 1904 Albert C. L. G. G nther 1905 Eduard Strasburger 1906 Alfred Merle Norman 1907 Melchior Treub 1908 Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing 1909 Frederick Orpen Bower 1910 Georg Ossian Sars 1911 Hermann Graf zu Solms Laubach 1912 R. C. L. Perkins 1913 Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler 1914 Otto Butschli 1915 Joseph Henry Maiden 1916 Frank Evers Beddard 1917 Henry Brougham Guppy 1918 Frederick DuCane Godman 1919 Isaac Bayley Balfour Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour 1920 Edwin Ray Lankester Sir Edwin Ray Lankester 1921 Dukinfield Henry Scott 1922 Edward ... 1961 Edmund W. Mason and Frederick Stratten Russell Sir Frederick Stratten Russell The Society ... and Carl Frederick Abel Pantin The Society website has C. F. A Panton 1965 John Hutchinson botanist ... it Medaglia Linneana nl Linnean Medal pt Medalha Linneana ru sk Zoznam nosite ov ... more details
, a meeting held in the LinneanSociety in Soho Square and led by Rev. William Kirby entomologist William Kirby , resolved to form a Zoological Club of the LinneanSociety of London . Between 1816 ... frame The Zoological Society of London sometimes known by the abbreviation ZSL is a charity devoted ... author Scherren, Henry year 1905 title The Zoological Society of London publisher Cassell & Co. url ... Society of London. It is a government funded research institute, which specialises in scientific ... to the establishment of the LinneanSociety in 1788, by Dr. Sir in 1814 James Edward Smith ... thumb Left Plan of the Zoological Society of London 1829 Image Punchzool.jpg thumb Punch ... Bastin. The first prospectus of the Zoological Society of London new light on the Society s origins ... society of london new light on PYE8qw8eth Deepdyve ref As the twentieth century began, the need to maintain ... II . Publications The Society published the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London from ... Frink Medal Stamford Raffles Award Silver Medal Zoological Society of London Silver Medal Scientific ... Fellows of the Zoological Society of London Fellows of the Zoological Society of London Honorary ... fellows 658.pdf The Zoological Society of London Honorary Fellows ref 2007 John Beddington Professor ... Dorst Council The Council is the governing body of The Zoological Society of London. There are 15 ... of Secretary of the Society. ref The Zoological Society of London. Charter and Byelaws. 1995. ref ... Organizations established in 1826 ca Zoological Society of London de Zoological Society of London es Sociedad Zool gica de Londres eo Zoological Society of London fr Zoological Society of London id Zoological Society of London it Societ Zoologica di Londra la Regalis Societas Zoologica Londiniensis nl Zoological Society of London ja pl Zoological Society of London pt Sociedade Zool gica de Londres ru fi Zoological Society of London sv Zoological Society ... more details
Society of Great Britain and Ireland LinneanSociety of London Geological Society of London Geologists ... Ovachlamys fulgens , from Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London The Malacological Society of London is a British learned society and charitable organisation concerned with malacology ... Edgar Albert Smith E. A. Smith , president of the Society from 1901 to 1903, ref Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London http www.archive.org details proceedingsofmal11191415mala XI 1914 ... Society , and Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London , an international journal to disseminate ... category Images from Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London Wikispecies Mollusca Wikibooks Dichotomous Key Mollusca http www.malacsoc.org.uk Malacological Society of London official web site ... taxonomy taxonomic class biology classes , of which two are extinction extinct . Founded in 1893, the Society ..., although the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland is older. History The Society ... of malacsoc.org.uk official web site ref On 15 September 1901 the Society lost its Secretary, Martin ... Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland web site , accessed 2 March 2012. ref Another notable early member was the geologist Caroline Birley , who joined the Society in 1894. ref http ... , author of The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of India 1882 1887 , was an early President of the Society ... published some fifty papers on molluscs, was a member of the Society from 1908 to 1938 and was president of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Conchological Society in 1930. ref ..., 1872 1947 in Proceedings of the Malacolgical Society 28 1949 , 2 ref The Australian naturalist Charles Hedley was a vice president of the Society from 1923 until his death in 1926. ref http gutenberg.net.au ... at gutenberg.net.au ref Ronald Winckworth , a member since 1919, served as the Society s editor and went ... History Museum , venue for the Society s annual Molluscan Forum Molluscs range in size from ... more details
The London Typographical Society was a United Kingdom British trade union . The union was founded as the London Union of Compositors in 1834 by the merger of the London Trade Society of Compositors and the London General Trade Society of Compositors . The following year, it was joined by the News Society of Compositors . In 1845, the union was officially dissolved, its members designating it the South Eastern District of the National Typographical Association . The national organisation collapsed, and the London group re established itself as the LondonSociety of Compositors The union had a membership of over 10,000 by 1910, and attempted to expand outside London, but the Trades Union Congress instituted arbitration which limited it to a fifteen mile radius of central London, the Typographical Association having rights to organise in the remainder of England. In 1955, the Society merged with the Printing Machine Managers Trade Society and was renamed the London Typographical Society . In 1964, it merged with the Typographical Association to form the National Graphical Association . General Secretaries 1848 E. Edwards 1850 J. Boyett 1854 W. Cox 1857 W. Beckett 1863 H. Self 1881 C. J. Drummond 1892 C. W. Bowerman 1906 D Pointing 1945 Robert Willis References Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions UK trade union stub Category Organizations established in 1834 Category 1964 disestablishments Category Former British trade unions Category Typesetters Category 1834 establishments in the United Kingdom Category Printing trade unions ... more details
The London Record Society is a registered charity founded in 1964 whose objectives are to stimulate public interest in archives and similar historical material relating to London . ref name char http www.charity commission.gov.uk Showcharity RegisterOfCharities CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber 239338&SubsidiaryNumber 0 London Record Society. Charity Commission The Charity Commission , 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011. ref The current President of the society is the Lord Mayor of London . ref name lrs http www.londonrecordsociety.org.uk The London Record Society, 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2011. ref Activities The society holds an annual public lecture about London archives and publishes transcripts, translations, abstracts and lists of primary sources relating to the history of London. The society usually publishes one major scholarly work per annum which is provided free to members. Typical recent publications have included Prisoners Letters To The Bank Of England 1783 1827 . Ed. Deirdre Palk, 2007.ISBN 0900952423 A Woman In Wartime London The Diary Of Kathleen Tipper 1941 1945 . Ed. Patricia and Robert Malcolmson, 2006. ISBN 0900952415 The Bede Roll Of The Fraternity Of St Nicholas . Eds. N.W & V.A. James, 2004. ISBN 0900952393 Beginning with volume 46, the society s publications will be published by Boydell and Brewer from whom the society s back catalogue is also available. ref name lrs Some of the society s back catalogue is also available at http www.british history.ac.uk British History Online , a joint project of the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust , Finances The society s accounts are made up to 31 October annually. For the year ended 31 October 2009 the society had gross income of 10204 and expenditure of 6248. The society ... London Record Society official website. Category Learned societies of the United Kingdom Category Organisations based in London ... more details
refimprove date October 2009 The Society of London Art Dealers is an organization founded in 1932 for the promotion of art sale dealers of fine art and antiquities in London . It is a founder member of the British Art Market Federation and a member of the Conf d ration Internationale des N gociants en Oeuvres d Art CINOA . External links http www.slad.org.uk The Society of London Art Dealers Category Organizations established in 1932 Category Arts organisations based in the United Kingdom Category Associations of art dealers Category Organisations based in London UK org stub ... more details
on service to the Royal. The Society publishes a journal, The London Philatelist , which includes articles, book reviews, society news, advertisements, and other items. Objects The principal objects of the Society are 1. To promote, encourage and contribute to the advancement of the science and practice of philately . 2. To inform members of the Society on all matters affecting any of its objects .... The Thomas Tapling Tapling Medal for the best paper written by a Fellow or Member and published in The London Philatelist during the relevant period. See also Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon Meeting Handouts Collection References Reflist commonscat Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon External links http ... Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon fr Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon ru ...File Royal Philatelic Society logo.gif right thumb 300px The Society logo. File 41 Devonshire Place.jpg right thumb The premises of the Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon at 41 Devonshire Place, W1. File The London Philatelist first edition.jpg right thumb The front cover of the first number of The London Philatelist , Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1892. The Royal Philatelic SocietyLondon is the oldest philately philatelic society in the world. It was founded on 10 April 1869 as The Philatelic Society, London . ref The Royal Philatelic Society, London. 1869 April 10th 1929. by Percy de Worms in The London Philatelist , Vol. XXXVIII, No. 447, March 1929, pp. 52 56. ref Royal connections Permission to use the prefix Royal was granted by King Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII in 1906. The current patron is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II . Every September, at a special meeting of the Society, part of the Royal Philatelic Collection is displayed by its Keeper ... to any of the objects of the Society. Awards and medals The society awards the Crawford Medal for the most ... form during the two years preceding the award. br The society also awards these silver medals The John ... more details
The London Municipal Society was formed in 1894 to support the pro Unionist Moderate candidates in London local elections. It was a Liberal Unionist society, and was wound up in 1963, following the legislation that would create the Greater London Council . The stated policy of the society at the 1897 vestry elections was conferring on the local authorities of the metropolis municipal dignity and privileges . ref The Times, May 14, 1897 ref In July the society urged the Government to introduce legislation to create municipalities in London. ref The Times, July 29, 1897 ref In 1895 the society was based at 16 Great Goodge Street, in 1910 it was at 11 Tothill Street, and by 1915 it was at 2 Bridge Street. In 1921 the then secretary of the society, W G Fowler, made comments on the Poplar Rates Rebellion , and wrote a letter to The Times on the subject. References references Bibliography YOUNG, KEN. Local Politics and the Rise of Party The London Municipal Society and the Conservative Intervention in Local Elections, 1894 1963. Leicester University Press, 1975. Ken Young Metropolitan London politics and urban change,1837 1981 Edward Arnold, 1982. ISBN 0713163313 . There are several files at The National Archives , one from 1920 21 relating to a deputation about the appalling increase in rates. UK poli stub Category Political parties in England Category Politics of London Category British unionism ... more details
The London Positivist Society was a philosophical circle that met in London , England , between 1867 and 1974. In 1934 it merged with the English Positivist Committee . The Society s members occupied themselves in applying the ideas of the philosophical school of Auguste Comte Comtean positivism to current affairs of the day, including the movement for home rule in Ireland which the Society supported, following William Ewart Gladstone Gladstone s lead , the Second Boer War which the Society opposed , and the Indian independence movement which the Society supported . History The Society was founded by Richard Congreve 4 September 1818&ndash 5 July 1899 in 1867. Its members at one time or another included Henry Tompkins 1870&ndash 1954 Donald Fincham 1916&ndash 1969 George Henry Lewes 1817&ndash 1878 Frederick William Walsh 1879&ndash 1923 , who had been paralysed in an industrial accident but whose mind remained sharp Paul Juste Decours and Benjamin Fossett Lock honorary secretary of the Society 1880&ndash 1886 , who resigned in 1886 over the Irish home rule debate. In 1934 the London Positivist Society merged with the English Positivist Committee, taking the latter s name. The Society s presidents included Edward Spencer Beesley till 1901 Shapland Hugh Swinny 30 December 1857&ndash 31 August 1923 , Society president 1901&ndash 1923 Swinny was a personal friend of several Indian nationalists, including Bal Gangadhar Tilak . Sources http archives.lse.ac.uk Record.aspx?src CalmView.Catalog&id LONDON POSITIVIST SOCIETY Catalogue of the papers of the London Positivist Society at the http www.lse.ac.uk library archive Default.htm Archives Division of the London School of Economics . http membres.lycos.fr clotilde disciple britain http www.aim25.ac.uk cgi bin search2?coll id 5635 ... positivist history Category Comtism Category Philosophy organizations philosophy stub de London Positivist Society ... more details
The Pathological Society of London was founded in 1846 for the cultivation and promotion of Pathology by the exhibition and description of specimens, drawings, microscopic preparations, casts or models of morbid parts. ref name Dean824 Its first meeting was held in February 1847. In 1907 it was merged with the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London and other societies to become the Royal Society of Medicine . the society published 58 volumes of the Transactions of the Pathological Society of London . The society s first president was C. J. D. Williams. ref name Dean823 Early members included Richard Bright physician Richard Bright , Golding Bird , Sir William Gull, 1st Baronet William Gull , Sir William Jenner, 1st Baronet William Jenner , Henry Bence Jones and Richard Quain . ref name Dean824 References Footnotes Reflist refs ref name Dean823 Dean Dean , p. 823 ref ref name Dean824 Dean Dean , p. 824 ref Sources Refbegin Citation last Dean first H. R. author link title The Pathological Society of London work Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine publisher Royal Society of Medicine Press date October 1946 volume 39 issue 12 pmc 2182434 ref Dean Refend Category 1846 establishments in England Category Medical associations based in the United Kingdom Category Scientific societies ... more details
for the Victorian era illustrated monthly periodical LondonSociety Infobox non profit name LondonSociety image type Charitable organization founded date Start date 1912 tax id registration id England and Wales 206270 founder chairman Frank Kelsall location Mortimer Wheeler House, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED coordinates origins Founded in 1912 key people area served London product mission focus urban planning method revenue endowment num volunteers num employees num members subsid owner non profit slogan former name homepage URL www.londonsociety.org.uk dissolved footnotes The LondonSociety is a United Kingdom British membership organisation established to encourage public interest and participation in urban planning and Transportation planning transport matters in London . History The Society was founded in 1912, and was concerned with advancing the practical improvement and artistic development of London . ref http www.londonsociety.org.uk index.php ref Its formation partly reflected ... of chaos the LondonSociety and the planning of London 1912 1920, Planning Perspectives , volume 12 ... Unwin , artist Frank Brangwyn , and publisher J. M. Dent . Activities The LondonSociety Journal , first produced in 1913, is now published twice a year. The Society also arranges visits and lectures ... items relating to the history of London. External links http www.londonsociety.org.uk index.php LondonSociety http www.londonsocietyjournal.org.uk LondonSociety Journal References References DEFAULTSORT LondonSociety Category 1912 establishments Category Interested parties in planning in the United ... and associational networks in London during the early twentieth century, Planning Perspectives , volume ... the future of London indeed, a 1921 report was entitled London of the Future ref http www.discoverlondonbridge.co.uk ... eg London churches, Euston Arch , the British Museum . It predated the establishment of the Royal Town Planning Institute in 1914. Members The Society s first chairman was architect Sir Aston Webb ... more details
1874 the Society has been based at Burlington House , Piccadilly , London . This building houses the Society s library, which contains more than 300,000 volumes of books and journals. ref http www.geolsoc.org.uk The Geological Society , UK. ref It is a member of the UK Science Council . In 1991 it merged ... Society, London accessdate 16 May 2010 ref The Society celebrated its bicentenary in 2007 with a number ... main President of the Geological Society of London The society counts many famous geologists amongst ... is Under the Earth The Geological Society of London 1807 to 2007 , London Geological Society, ISBN 1 ... in 1807 Category Geology societies Category Geological Society of London Category Presidents of the Geological Society of London Category 1807 establishments in the United Kingdom ca Geological Society of London de Geological Society of London es Sociedad Geol gica de Londres fr Geological Society of London it Geological Society of London la Societas Geologica Londiniensis nl Geological Society ja no Geological Society of London pl Londy skie Towarzystwo Geologiczne pt Sociedade Geol gica de Londres ru fi Geological Society of London sv Geological Society ...File Geological Society of London.jpg thumb The Geological Society offices in the Burlington House , Picadilly , London The Geological Society of London also known as The Geological Society ref http www.geolsoc.org.uk gsl op 20 3C page1.html The Geological Society , UK. ref is a learned society based ... national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe with over 9,000 Fellows entitled to the postnominal FGS Fellow of the Geological Society over 2,000 of whom are Chartered Geologists CGeol . The Society is a Registered Charity Charity registration Registered Charity , No 210161. History The Society was founded on 13 November 1807 at the Freemasons Tavern , Great Queen Street , Covent Garden . It was partly the outcome of a previous club known as the Askesian Society and records ... more details
The London Omnibus Traction Society LOTS was formed in 1964 and is the largest society for bus enthusiasts in the UK, dedicated to buses in London and the Home Counties . The Society produces two main publications Image 4UnitransRTs 2.jpg thumb right Image Pride & Prejudice London Bus.jpg thumb right The London Bus TLB has facts, figures and news of the previous month, including route changes, operator news and rolling stock. London Bus Magazine LBM , is produced quarterly and has articles, both current and historic, and an around and about section showing pictures of current interest. The magazine is published by Ian Allan. The Society reports on the central area buses or red buses and country area buses in the previous Green Line Coaches Green Line area, roughly bounded by Gravesend, Crawley, Guildford, Windsor, Aylesbury, Luton, Harlow and Tilbury. Among many other publications are the Bus and Tram fleetbook , which lists every bus and tram in the London and Home Counties area in public operation. Details of membership and publications are given on the LOTS website, which is upgraded almost every week with major news stories as well as events and rallies to do with London Buses. LOTS also has society meetings most months with speakers on different subjects. External links http www.lots.org.uk LOTS Webpage History of bus transport in the United Kingdom Category Road transport in London Category Road transport in the United Kingdom Category Organisations based in London Category Clubs and societies in England Category 1964 establishments in England Category History of transport in LondonLondon transport stub ... more details
orphan date September 2010 London Mural Preservation Society works to Protect, Preserve and Celebrate Murals in London . The society aims to bring London murals to the attention of the people of London and the rest of the United Kingdom and the world. ref http londonmuralpreservationsociety.wordpress.com London Mural Preservation Society accessed 19 September 2010 ref London murals have been described as an endangered species . ref http www.timeout.com london features 1647 Top ten London murals.html Top ten London murals , By Matt Brown, Time Out, 5 July 2006, accessed 19 September 2010 ref The society was set up in 2010 and works to protect the memory of mural images by gathering information from the people involved in their creation, collecting local recollection of the mural s beginnings and bringing together photos from the past and the present. The society hope to preserve these murals by finding possible ways to fund Conservation restoration restoration and investigate future conservation and protection. We will celebrate the murals by bringing together those who were there from the beginning and those who walk past them every day without having a notion of their meaning and significance. Accessing the stories of the murals will be made available via the internet and through exhibition s across London. ref http www.facebook.com group.php?gid 117071124970415&v info London Mural Preservation Society accessed 19 September 2010 ref The society is currently helping to support at project to restore the Fitzrovia Mural in Tottenham Court Road and is supporting the restoration of some of the Brixton Murals . ref http www.camdennewjournal.com news 2010 sep bid breathe new life ... http londonmuralpreservationsociety.wordpress.com London Mural Preservation Society Category Arts in London ... 2010 ref ref n Iconic London mural could be restored Iconic London mural could be restored Wikinews ... more details
The London Youlan Qin Society zh t s sometimes abbreviated to LYQS is a London based qin society serving guqin players in the UK . Of the three major qin societies of the West the other two being the North American Guqin Association and the New York Qin Society , this society is the most informal and the most active in terms of regular events and yajis. The Society began to adopt a constitution in 2011 and has begun to evolve into a more formal learned society. History The society was founded in 2003 by Cheng Yu musician Dr. Cheng Yu and several guqin enthusiasts. According to the society s website, the society aims to promote interest in and understanding of Chinese music al culture and philosophy, especially of the qin ... in the UK. The society had existed before then in an inchoate ... Music Circuit at the Royal Academy of Music , London. Though it is primarily based in London, the society ... school in London is the Society main event of the year, started in 2003. Each year, a qin master player is invited to London to teach students for a week. So far, Prof. Li Xiangting, Gong Yi, Prof ... decided to create a more formal society, thereby creating Britain s first and only qin society. The society ... String Quartet and other projects. During 2010, it was decided that the Society will become more formal and adopt a new constitution in order to expand the Society s promotion as well as gain easier access to funding. A new committee was elected to support the Society s increased workload. Meetings and activities The main activities the society holds are regular bi monthly yaji s as well as the occasional ... often. During the summer school, there is the main Society yaji anniversary Congregation event of the year, attended by the professor, members of the Society and guests. The summer school is the only of its kind outside China to offer yearly tutition from qin masters from China. Since 2011, the Society .... The Society has an AGM in January every year and its meeting are mostly held at SOAS since 2011. Membership ... more details
The Anglo Norse Society in London is a society based in England for advancing the education of the citizens of United Kingdom Britain and Norway about each other s country and way of life. The Society was founded in 1918 as a registered charity. The membership in London is both United Kingdom British and Norway Norwegian . Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Harald V of Norway King Harald V of Norway are joint patrons, and the Norwegian ambassador Bjarne Lindstr m is the honorary president. ref UK charity 263933 ref There is a similar society based in Norway, Anglo Norse Society in Oslo Norsk Britisk Forening , founded in 1921 by Norwegian journalist Ella Anker . Famed Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen served as first president of the society. ref cite encyclopedia year 2007 title Norsk Britisk Forening encyclopedia Store norske leksikon editor Henriksen, Petter publisher Kunnskapsforlaget location Oslo url http www.snl.no Norsk Britisk Forening language Norwegian accessdate 13 June 2010 ref The Anglo Norse Society in London is a member of The Confederation of Scandinavian Societies of Great Britain and Ireland COSCAN . Dating to 8 October 1950, COSCAN is a coordinating body for societies which works for cultural exchanges between UK and Ireland with the five Scandinavian countries, Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Sweden and Norway . ref http www.yorkangloscan.org.uk coscan.htm Under the Umbrella of COSCAN York AngloScandinavian Society ref References Reflist External links http www.anglo norse.org.uk Official site http www.coscan.org.uk COSCAN DEFAULTSORT Anglo Norse Society In London Category Charities based in London Category Norway United Kingdom relations Category Organizations established in 1918 UK org stub ... more details
The London Co operative Society was a consumer co operative society in the United Kingdom . The Society was formed in September 1920 by the amalgamation of the Stratford Co operative Society and the Edmonton Co operative Society, two of the largest societies in the London Metropolitan area. In 1921, the LCS was also joined by the West LondonSociety , the Kingston Society and the Co operative Brotherhood Trust. In addition, the Society also took over two branches of the Staines Co operative Party . The consolidation of co operative societies in the Greater London area continued until 1938, with the absorption of Hendon Co operative Society in 1925, the North West London Co operative Society in 1928, the Epping Co operative Society in 1929, the Yiewsley Co operative Society in 1931, the Willesden Junction Railway Society in 1935 and the Radlett Co operative Society in 1938. Hence, the LCS was able to extend its area of the counties of Middlesex , Essex , Hertfordshire and Surrey . The LCS ... thumb right 250px Former London Co operative Society creamery and railhead for British Railway ... to Exeter line The LondonSociety also administered many manufacturing and processing establishments ... Collection Description of the London Co operative Society archive, held at the Bishopsgate Institute, London Other London area consumer co operative societies South Suburban Co operative Society Royal Arsenal Co operative Society Enfield Highway Co operative Society Invicta Co operative Society ... was also a shareholding member of the English The Co operative Group Co operative Wholesale Society ... and Wales . By 1952, the LCS and its associated co operative organisations, the major being the London ... milk trains to the main London creamery and distribution point at West Ealing railway station West Ealing . The Society was amalgamated with Co operative Retail Services in 1981. Politically, the Society ... Secretary of the London Co op Political Committee was also an MEP and Leader of the British Labour ... more details
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