The RoyalSociety of Literature is the senior Literature literary organisation in Britain . It was founded in 1820 by George IV of Great Britain and Ireland King George IV , in order to reward literary merit and excite literary talent . The Society s first president was Thomas Burgess bishop Thomas Burgess , Bishop of St David s who was later appointed Bishop of Salisbury . There are 450 Fellows of the RoyalSociety of Literature generally 14 new Fellows are named annually , who earn the privilege of using the post nominal letters FRSL . Past Fellows include Samuel Taylor Coleridge , William Butler Yeats , Rudyard Kipling , Thomas Hardy , George Bernard Shaw , and Arthur Koestler . Present Fellows .... The Society publishes an annual magazine, The RoyalSociety of Literature Review , ref http www.rslit.org ... to time it confers the honour and title of Companion of the RoyalSociety of Literature to writers of particular note. Likewise the award of the Benson Medal for lifetime service in the field of literature ... The RoyalSociety of Literature website http www.rslit.org index.php?n Publications.Homepage RSL annual magazine http www.rslit.org index.php?n Awards.Homepage Literary Prizes and Awards DEFAULTSORT RoyalSociety Of Literature Category Literary societies Category Organisations based in the United Kingdom ... Category British culture Category Learned societies of the United Kingdom ca RoyalSociety of Literature de RoyalSociety of Literature es RoyalSociety of Literature fa fr RoyalSociety of Literature it RoyalSociety of Literature ru sv RoyalSociety of Literature uk ... Steve Jones ref http www.rslit.org content fellows J 1258 Steve Jones Year of election 2011 The RoyalSociety of Literature ref 2011 Jenny Joseph 1999 Gabriel Josipovici FBA 1997 Alan Judd 1990 Mimi ... and their guests. The Society is a cultural tenant at London s palatial Somerset House . Presidents ... more details
Other uses Good article Infobox organization name RoyalSociety image Arms of the Royal Society.svg size ... File RoyalSociety entrance.jpg thumb right The entrance to the RoyalSociety in Carlton House Terrace, London. The RoyalSociety of London for Improving Natural Knowledge , known as the RoyalSociety ... Naturae Curiosorum the RoyalSociety was chartered by the crown in 1660, and the Leopoldina ... by Charles II of England King Charles II as the RoyalSociety of London . The Society today acts ... Society , with 44 new Fellows appointed each year. There are also Royal Fellows, Honorary Fellows ... Member of the RoyalSociety . The current RoyalSociety President is Paul Nurse Sir Paul Nurse , who ... Gresham College and the formation of the RoyalSociety File JohnEvelyn1687.jpg thumb John Evelyn , who helped found the RoyalSociety The RoyalSociety started from groups of physicians and natural ... and.ac.uk history Societies RS.html title London RoyalSociety publisher University of St ... of the RoyalSociety. ref name sy1s Syfret 1948 p.78 ref Another view of the founding ... and that this was the occasion of founding the RoyalSociety, and making the French the first ... of the gatherings, and a Royal Charter was signed on 15 July 1662 which created the RoyalSociety ... of the RoyalSociety of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge Robert Hooke ... News.aspx?id 973&terms prince of wales title Prince of Wales opens RoyalSociety s refurbished building date 7 July 2004 publisher The RoyalSociety accessdate 7 December 2009 ref The Society s early ... Transactions of the RoyalSociety were appearing regularly. ref Lyons April 1939 p.34 ... Transactions of the RoyalSociety Philosophical Transactions . The same year, Charles Babbage published ... were built. The RoyalSociety moved there in 1873, taking up residence in the East Wing .... ref Martin 1967 p.18 ref On 22 March 1945, the first female Fellows were elected to the RoyalSociety ... more details
A Royal Fellow of the RoyalSociety is elected to the Fellowship and Foreign Membership of the RoyalSociety . The council of the RoyalSociety recommends members of the British Royal Family to be elected and then the existing Fellow of the RoyalSociety Fellows vote by a secret ballot whether to accept them. There are presently five Royal Fellows excluding the Patron Patron Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom HM Queen Elizabeth II Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh HRH The Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip , Charles, Prince of Wales HRH The Prince of Wales Prince Charles , Anne, Princess Royal HRH The Princess Royal Princess Anne , Prince Edward, Duke of Kent HRH The Duke of Kent Prince Edward and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge HRH The Duke of Cambridge Prince William . The British Monarch is always the Patron of the RoyalSociety, regardless of whether he she has been previously elected a Royal Fellow. The present Patron, Queen Elizabeth II, was elected a Royal Fellow in 1947 before she acceded the throne in 1952. In the past members of foreign royal families have also been elected Royal Fellows. External links http royalsociety.org page.asp?tip 1&id 2218 Royal Fellows DEFAULTSORT Royal Fellow Of The RoyalSociety Category Royal Fellows of the RoyalSociety Category RoyalSociety UK royal stub ... more details
LiteratureSociety cumulative index. Volumes I XI, 1908 1918 . London Royal Philatelic Society , 1948. Category Philatelic organizations Category Philatelic literature Philately stub ...The Philatelic LiteratureSociety 1907 1918 ref name negus Sir Edward Denny Bacon, KCVO 1860 1938 A short biographical sketch by Ron Negus. Supplement to The London Philatelist , 1999. ref was a short lived society to promote the cause of philatelic literature among philatelist s at a time when information about philately could be hard to obtain and philatelic books expensive. Formation The first meeting of the society was on 29 October 1907 at St.Bride s Institute in London and Edward Denny Bacon , later a President of the Royal Philatelic Society London , was appointed it s first President. ref name LP He remained in that post until 1914. ref name negus The founding Vice President was B.T.K. Smith, the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer was F. J. Peplow F.J. Peplow and the ordinary members were H. Clark, Johnny Johnson philatelist Johnny Johnson , Fred Melville and Herbert Edgar Weston H.E. Weston . ref name LP The Philatelic LiteratureSociety in The London Philatelist , Vol. XVI, No.191, November 1907, p.264. ref Works One of the most important works of the Society was a catalogue of the Crawford Library , written by Bacon, titled The Catalogue of the Philatelic Library of the Earl of Crawford, K.T. , a work which won a Large Gold medal at the Postwertzeichen Ausstellung stamp exhibition in Vienna in 1911. ref name negus A supplement to the catalogue was published in 1926 by the PLS and an addenda in the March 1938 edition of The London Philatelist , both by Bacon. Journal A journal was published, titled simply the Journal of the Philatelic LiteratureSociety . Only one hundred copies of each issue were printed. ref The London Philatelist , Vol LVIII, No.674, January 1949, p13 ref Demise The society was disbanded in 1918 and, despite attempts to revive it, was dissolved in 1929 ... more details
The Nihongo Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature Nihon Bungaku Shink kai is an organisation, established in 1938, to promote Japanese literature . It organises five literary prizes Akutagawa Prize Kikuchi Prize Matsumoto Prize Naoki Prize Ohya Prize External links http www.bunshun.co.jp Official website http www.culturalprofiles.net japan Units 1250.html Japan Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature at Culturalprofiles.net DEFAULTSORT Society For The Promotion Of Japanese Literature Category Japanese literature Category Organizations established in 1938 Japan lit stub Org stub ja zh ... more details
disambig The RoyalSociety may refer to RoyalSociety of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, United Kingdom RoyalSociety for Asian Affairs , United Kingdom RoyalSociety for Protection of Nature, Bhutan RoyalSociety for the Conservation of Nature , Jordan RoyalSociety for the Prevention of Accidents , United Kingdom RoyalSociety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , United Kingdom RoyalSociety for Public Health , United Kingdom RoyalSociety for the Protection of Birds , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Antiquaries of Ireland RoyalSociety of Arts , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of British Artists , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Canada RoyalSociety of Chemistry , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Edinburgh , Scotland Royal Horticultural Society , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Literature , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Marine Artists , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Medicine , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Miniature Painters Sculptors and Gravers , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Musicians , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of New South Wales , Australia RoyalSociety of New Zealand RoyalSociety of Painter Printmakers , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Portrait Painters , United Kingdom RoyalSociety of Queensland , Australia RoyalSociety of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg , Sweden RoyalSociety of Sciences in Uppsala , Sweden RoyalSociety of South Africa RoyalSociety of South Australia RoyalSociety of St George , England RoyalSociety of Tasmania , Australia RoyalSociety of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene RoyalSociety of Ulster Architects , Northern Ireland RoyalSociety of Victoria , Australia RoyalSociety of Western Australia RoyalSociety of Wildlife Trusts , United Kingdom RoyalSociety may also refer to The RoyalSociety album , the second studio album by the dark psychobilly band The Eighties Matchbox B Line Disaster The RoyalSociety Range , a mountain range in Antarctica named after the original RoyalSociety See also List of Royal ... more details
The Society of Biblical Literature , founded 1880, ref cite book last Cutter first Charles title Judaica ... 102 Society of Biblical Literature The Society of Biblical Literature was founded in 1880 to advance the public understanding of the Bible and biblical scholarship. ref is a constituent society of the American .... ref http www.sbl site.org membership default.aspx SBL membership , Society of Biblical Literature ... Scholarship Essays in Honor of Kent Harold Richards 2010 p68 The Society of Biblical Literature ... The Biblical world 1912 p39 In the same year in which the Society of Biblical Literature was founded ... and Linguistic Section. ref Journal of Biblical literature 73 74 Society of Biblical Literature, Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis U.S. 1970 The relationship between the Seminar and the Textual and Linguistic Section of the Society of Biblical Literature was brought to attention ... Papers For Students of Religion and Theology 2009 The Society of Biblical Literature has developed ... HP3UC&printsec frontcover&dq Presidential Voices The Society of Biblical Literature in the Twentieth Century&sig JKphzeBYixYFqiQIl ATa9yUx2A Presidential Voices The Society of Biblical Literature in the Twentieth Century . Society of Biblical Literature, 2006. ISBN 1589832590 External links http wwwlibe.ces.org.tw ... A735 000C2903E717 Society of Biblical Literature in the American Council of Learned Societies directory. Updated September 15, 2008. DEFAULTSORT Society Of Biblical Literature Category Bible societies ... Abbott. ref Richard Thomas Hughes The American quest for the primitive church 1988 p90 The Society of Biblical Literature was founded in America in 1880. Of the thirty two founding fathers only one ... criticism.41 Five of the fathers ... ref The society s development was contemporary with increasing ... its ... ref In 2011 the society was awarded a 300,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities ... site.org assets pdfs SBLHSrevised2 09.pdf Student Supplement to the SBL Handbook pdf ref The Society ... more details
Image Sks p rakennus.jpg thumb 250px right Facade of the society s headquarters in Helsinki The Finnish LiteratureSociety Finnish Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura or SKS was founded in 1831 to promote literature written in Finnish language Finnish . Among its first publications was the Kalevala , the Finnish national epic . External links http www.finlit.fi Official website http www.finlit.fi english index.htm English Category Finnish literature Category Learned societies Category Organisations based in Helsinki Category Non profit organisations based in Finland Finland stub Europe org stub ca Societat de Literatura Finesa cs Spole nost finsk literatury es Sociedad de Literatura Finesa fr Soci t de litt rature finlandaise ga Cumann Litr ochta na Fionlainne no Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura nn Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura pl Towarzystwo Literatury Fi skiej ru fi Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura sv Finska litteraturs llskapet ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2009 Iduna was an important literary association founded in May 1891 by a circle of writers around Fritz Lemmermayer . Lemmermayer acted as a sort of middle man between an older generation of authors which included Fercher von Steinwand , Joseph Tandler , Auguste Hyrtl , Ludwig von Mertens , and Josephone von Knorr and a group of younger writers and thinkers which included Rudolf Steiner , Marie Eugenie delle Grazie , and Karl Maria Heidt . The society had the descriptive subtitle of Free German Society for Literature . The name Iduna was provided by Guido von List himself and is that of a North Germanic goddess of eternal youth and renewal. Richard von Kralik and Joseph Kalasanz Poestion , authors with specifically neo Germanic leanings, where also involved in the circle. The circle dissolved in 1893 when the Literarische Donaugesellschaft Danubian Literary Society grew out of its ashes and was founded by Guido von List and Fanny Wschiansky . Category Literary societies Germany org stub ... more details
The Riksm l SocietyLiterature Prize Riksm lsforbundets litteraturpris is awarded annually by the Riksm lsforbundet for the outstanding publication in riksm l . The prize was awarded until 2002 by the Oslo and B rum Riksm l League , when it was taken over by the Riksm lsforbundet . ref http www.riksmalsforbundet.no The home page for the Riksm lsforbundet which describes its goals, is available only in Riksm ls Norwegian ref ref http www.riksmalsforbundet.no Riksm lsforbundet article on Norwegian Wikipedia site ref Prize winners 1957 &ndash Terje Stigen 1958 &ndash Harald Grieg 1959 &ndash Emil Boyson 1960 &ndash Odd Eidem 1961 &ndash Gunnar Bull Gundersen 1962 &ndash Solveig Christov 1963 &ndash Andr Bjerke 1964 &ndash Odd H laas 1965 &ndash Rolf Jacobsen poet Rolf Jacobsen 1966 &ndash Karin Bang 1967 &ndash Hallvard Rieber Mohn 1968 &ndash Ebba Haslund 1969 &ndash Olav Nordr 1970 &ndash Finn Carling 1971 &ndash Per Arneberg 1972 &ndash Bj rg Vik 1973 &ndash Aasmund Brynildsen 1974 &ndash Jens Bj rneboe 1975 &ndash Stein Mehren 1976 &ndash Astrid Hjerten s Andersen 1977 &ndash Peter R. Holm 1978 &ndash Knut Faldbakken 1979 &ndash ge R nning 1980 &ndash Henrik Groth 1981 &ndash Jan Bull 1982 &ndash Sissel Lange Nielsen 1983 &ndash Odd Abrahamsen 1984 &ndash Ernst Orvil 1985 &ndash Harald Sverdrup writer Harald Sverdrup 1986 &ndash Carl Fredrik Engelstad 1987 &ndash Kjell Askildsen 1988 &ndash Richard Herrmann journalist Richard Herrmann 1989 &ndash Gunvor Hofmo 1990 &ndash Erik Fosnes Hansen 1991 &ndash Kaj Skagen 1992 &ndash Paal Brekke 1993 &ndash Tove Nilsen 1994 &ndash Tor ge Bringsv rd 1995 &ndash Fredrik Wandrup 1996 &ndash Bergljot Hob k Haff 1997 &ndash Lars Saabye Christensen 1998 &ndash Ketil Bj rnstad 1999 &ndash Ingvar Ambj rnsen 2000 &ndash Toril Brekke 2001 &ndash Britt Karin Larsen 2002 &ndash Olav Angell 2003 &ndash Roy Jacobsen 2004 &ndash Anne B. Ragde 2005 &ndash Erland Ki sterud , for Det f rste arbeidet The First Work 2006 &ndash Egil B rre Johnsen ... more details
Society A cover File Proceedings of the RoyalSociety A, March 2012 cover.gif discipline Natural science Natural Sciences abbreviation Proc. R. Soc. A publisher RoyalSociety The RoyalSociety editor ... 1.672 impact year 2010 Infobox Journal title Proceedings of the RoyalSociety B cover File Proceedings of the RoyalSociety B, March 2012 cover.gif discipline Biology Biological Sciences abbreviation Proc. R. Soc. B publisher RoyalSociety The RoyalSociety editor Michael Hassell country United Kingdom ... 0962 8452 Proceedings of the RoyalSociety is the parent title of two scientific journal s published by the RoyalSociety , whereas its initial journal, Philosophical Transactions of the RoyalSociety ..., Proceedings was split into two separate journals in 1905 Proceedings of the RoyalSociety A Series ... of the RoyalSociety B Series B , which publishes research related to biology The two journals are currently the RoyalSociety s main research journals. Many celebrated names in science have published ... of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the RoyalSociety of London . The Royal ..., were called Abstracts of the Papers Communicated to the RoyalSociety of London . Starting with volume 7, in 1854, the Proceedings first appeared under the name Proceedings of the RoyalSociety ... 76, the Proceedings were split into Proceedings of the RoyalSociety of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character and Proceedings of the RoyalSociety of London ... further name changes. Currently, the two series are called Proceedings of the RoyalSociety A &mdash Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences and Proceedings of the RoyalSociety B &mdash Biological Sciences . Proceedings of the RoyalSociety A Proc. R. Soc. A publishes Peer review refereed research ... Abstracts. The current Editor of the journal is Sir Michael Berry physicist Michael Berry RoyalSociety FRS . Proceedings of the RoyalSociety B This section is linked from Penguin This series covers ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society is an academic journal which publishes articles on the history , archaeology , literature , language , religion and art of South Asia , the Middle East together with North Africa and Ethiopia , Central Asia , East Asia and South East Asia . It has been published by the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland since 1834. class wikitable Years Title 1824&ndash 1834 Transactions of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1835&ndash 1990 The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1991&ndash 2004 Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society External links Official 1 http journals.cambridge.org action displayJournal?jid JRA http www.royalasiaticsociety.org site ?q taxonomy term 9 Journals at the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland http www.jstor.org.proxy.library.uu.nl action showPublisher?publisherCode rasgbi Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland at JSTOR academic journal stub Category Multidisciplinary humanities journals Category Cambridge University Press academic journals Category Publications established in 1834 Category English language journals ar ... more details
The RoyalSociety of Queensland was formed in Queensland , Australia in 1884, with royal patronage granted in 1885. The aim of the Society is Increasing awareness of natural sciences in Queensland . External links official http www.royalsocietyqld.org Australia org stub Category Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage Society of Queensland, Royal Category Clubs and societies in Australia Category 1884 establishments in Australia ... more details
Fellows, of which there are currently more than 1500. The Society covers a broader selection of fields than the RoyalSociety of London including literature and history . Unlike similar organisations ...Infobox organization name RoyalSociety of Edinburgh image The RoyalSociety of Edinburgh.jpg size 200px ... Peebles Arbuthnott website http www.royalsoced.org.uk index.htm www.royalsoced.org.uk The RoyalSociety ... makes the RoyalSociety of Edinburgh unique in the UK. History At the start of the 18th century ... Societies RSE.html title The RoyalSociety of Edinburgh publisher School of Mathematics and Statistics ... the specialist medical organisation, which then went on to become the Royal Medical Society . The cumbersome ... John Walker , this society transformed itself into the RoyalSociety of Edinburgh in 1783 and in 1786 it issued the first edition of its new journal Transactions of the RoyalSociety of Edinburgh . As the end ... Philosophical Journal 1822 , thereby diverting the output of the RoyalSociety s Transactions ... of the RoyalSociety of Edinburgh His Grace Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch The Duke of Buccleuch ... main Category Fellows of the RoyalSociety of Edinburgh Fellows of the RoyalSociety of Edinburgh ... External links commons category http www.royalsoced.org.uk RoyalSociety of Edinburgh Website http ... Library of Scotland http www groups.dcs.st and.ac.uk history Societies RSE.html MacTutor RoyalSociety ... fellows http www.scholarly societies.org history 1783rse.html Notes on the RoyalSociety of Edinburgh ... on the journals of the society Edinburgh DEFAULTSORT RoyalSociety Of Edinburgh Category RoyalSociety ... Category Organisations based in Edinburgh with royal patronage Society of Edinburgh Category ... de RoyalSociety of Edinburgh eo Re a Societo de Edinburgo fr RoyalSociety of Edinburgh la Regalis ... . Though there were several that treated the arts, sciences and medicine, the most prestigious was the Society for the Improvement of Medical Knowledge , commonly referred to as the Medical Society of Edinburgh ... more details
Infobox Organization name RoyalSociety of Canada image image border size 1800 fellows caption map msize mcaption abbreviation RSC motto formation 1882 extinction type Organizations based in Canada with royal ... publisher RoyalSociety of Canada date Start date 2008 05 accessdate Start date 2011 3 6 ref is the oldest ... Louis Honore Frechette.jpg right thumb Louis Honore Frechette was the President of the RoyalSociety of Canada in 1900 The Society was founded in 1882 by the John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll Marquis ... Society was subsequently incorporated by an act of Parliament and granted its Royal Charter in 1883. Alan Beddoe designed the arms for the RoyalSociety of Canada and his fonds includes black ... Canada ref Organization and purpose The RoyalSociety of London and the Institut de France were the models for the Society. The Society today consists of approximately 1,800 Fellows men and women ... of the RoyalSociety of Canada. Francophone Fellows use MSRC for Membre de la Soci t royale du ... List of presidents of the RoyalSociety of Canada List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage ... e.cfm Department of Canadian Heritage http www.rsc.ca RoyalSociety of Canada . http www.rsc.ca submitallsearch.php ... RoyalSociety Of Canada Category 1882 establishments in Canada Category Fellows of the Royal ... based in Canada de RoyalSociety of Canada fr Soci t royale du Canada nl RoyalSociety of Canada ... , French language French leader title leader name main organ parent organization affiliations RoyalSociety of London and the Institut de France num staff num volunteers budget website remarks The RoyalSociety of Canada Soci t royale du Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC ... of the Society. The founding members included Sir Sandford Fleming , the originator of the world ... and sciences. The President of the Society serves on the Governor General s advisory council on appointments to the Order of Canada . The Society is composed of three Academies The Academy of Arts ... more details
The Royal Agricultural Society of England was established in the United Kingdom in 1838 with the motto Practice with Science . The RASE aim is to promote the scientific development of agriculture. The society received its Royal Charter from Victoria of the United Kingdom Queen Victoria in 1840. From its early days the society has held regular exhibitions around the country called the Royal Show . The show is held in Stoneleigh Park previously known as the National Agricultural Centre or NAC near Stoneleigh, Warwickshire Stoneleigh in Warwickshire , England . An early venue for the show was at Park Royal , in northwest London . Bibliography Harvests of Change The Royal Agricultural Society of England 1838 1988 by Nicholas Goddard ref Detail from a copy of the book, published by Quiller Press London in 1988 with an ISBN of 0 907621 96 1. The chapters relate to the Origin of the Society, and the History surrounding Stoneleigh, with a foreword by the Earl of Selborne. Appendix section includes a List of sponsor commercial Sponsor s at Stoneleigh ref See also Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania Royal Ulster Agricultural Society American Royal External links http www.rase.org.uk index.asp Royal Agricultural Society of England br Footnotes reflist Category Organizations established in 1838 Category Scientific societies Category Learned societies of the United Kingdom Category Organisations based in England with royal patronage Category Agricultural organisations based in the United Kingdom Category 1838 establishments in the United Kingdom UK org stub ... more details
The RoyalSociety of Western Australia RSWA promotes science in Western Australia . The RSWA was founded in 1914. It publishes the Journal of the RoyalSociety of Western Australia ref Citation author1 Bougher, A author2 Semeniuk, V author3 RoyalSociety of Western Australia title A bibliography and index to the Journal of the RoyalSociety of Western Australia, volumes 1 70 publication date 1991 publisher The Society issn 0035 922X ref , and has awarded the Medal of the RoyalSociety of Western Australia also known incorrectly as the Kelvin Medal on an occasional basis since 1924. ref cite news url http nla.gov.au nla.news article31231287 title ROYALSOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. newspaper Perth Gazette The West Australian Perth, WA 1879 1954 location Perth, WA date 15 May 1924 accessdate 27 December 2011 page 14 publisher National Library of Australia ref Notes reflist External links http www.ecu.edu.au pa rswa RoyalSociety of Western Australia Home page http www.ecu.edu.au pa rswa content prizes files RSWA medal.htm History of the Medal and its name Category 1914 establishments in Australia Category Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage Society of Western Australia, Royal Category Clubs and societies in Australia Australia org stub es RoyalSociety of Western Australia ... more details
The Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania RAST is a Tasmania n Agriculture Agricultural society based at the Hobart Showground s. The RAST organises many of the agricultural shows around Tasmania including the Royal Hobart Show . Originally called the Van Diemen s Land Agricultural Society the society was the first agricultural society formed in Australia. The society started in Hobart Town on 1 January 1822. The first show was conducted in January 1822, in the Old Market Place, just in front of the present State Parliament House. In 1922 His Majesty George V of the United Kingdom King George V approved the granting of the prefix Royal to the Society and which in turn became known as the Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania. ref Hobart Showgrounds http www.hobartshowground.com.au about us.html ref See also Royal Agricultural Society of England Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales American Royal References Reflist External links http www.hobartshowground.com.au index.html Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania Website Category Agricultural organisations based in Australia Category Organisations based in Tasmania Category 1822 establishments in Australia Category Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage Category Learned societies of Australia Australia org stub ... more details
The RoyalSociety for Asian Affairs is a learned society based in the United Kingdom , founded in 1901 to promote greater knowledge and understanding of Central Asia and surrounding countries . The geographical extent of the Society s interest has since expanded to include the whole of Asia . Taylor & Francis publishes the society s journal, Asian Affairs , which has been in printed since 1914. The Society was founded in 1901 to promote greater knowledge and understanding of Central Asia and surrounding countries. With the passage of time, the area has been extended to include the whole of Asia, from the Middle East to Japan. The Society is an active and friendly organization, which provides those interested in Asia with many ways of expanding these interests. In pursuit of these aims, the Council of the Society seeks to provide a balanced programme of activities which, though by no means neglecting the past, gives opportunities for keeping up to date with developments and for discussion on a wide variety of topics of common interest to Asia and the West. The Society s activities may be summarised as follows Meetings are held about twice a month, at which lectures are given by authoritative speakers. The programme includes lectures, films and slides on current affairs, economics, finance, history, art, archaeology, sociology, culture, travel and other subjects of special interest ... RoyalSociety for Asian Affairs website http www.tandf.co.uk journals titles 03068374.asp Asian Affairs ... 7,000 books on Asian subjects. The Journal of the Society Asian Affairs is published three times a year and occupies a respected place in the current literature on Asia. It contains reports of lectures ..., companies, banks and governmental officials. Educational Activities undertaken by the Society to further its aim of increasing the knowledge about Asia. The Society has a list of members prepared ... by the Society in most years, to enable a group of members to make detailed visits to particular ... more details
The RoyalSociety of Antiquaries of Ireland is a List of Irish learned societies learned society based ... publications in the field of Irish archaeology and history . History Foundation The RoyalSociety of Antiquaries of Ireland was founded in 1849 as the Kilkenny Archaeological Society , by a group of young ..., partly due to the widespread circulation of its Journal. In 1869 it was granted a Royal Charter , and the right to elect Fellows, and in 1890 it moved to Dublin , changing its name to the RoyalSociety ... www.rsai.ie RoyalSociety of Antiquaries of Ireland http www.xs4all.nl tbreen Journals JRSAI.html Journal Contents from 1860 DEFAULTSORT RoyalSociety Of Antiquaries Of Ireland Category 1849 establishments ... of the arts, manners and customs of the past, as connected with the antiquities, language, literature ... of Ireland. The affairs of the Society are conducted by the President, Officers and Council, whose services are entirely voluntary. Anyone subscribing to the aims of the Society, subject to approval ... and linguists , but the Society firmly believes in the importance of encouraging an informed general public, and many members are non professionals. After the Society s move to Dublin in the 1890s ... of the Society was the preservation and illustration of the antiquities of Kilkenny, city and county, although this later spread to cover a far wider area, with the Society changing its name only five years later to The Kilkenny and South East of Ireland Archaeological Society , both to attract wider ... to its Honorary Secretary Robert Cochrane not only the largest Antiquarian Society in Great Britain ... highly aristocratic membership. Irish antiquarianism and archaeology in the 1840s The Society s foundation ... Committee of the Royal Irish Academy , and opening up critically sound debate on early Christian buildings ... the Famine of the 1840s, and was vanishing from County Kilkenny even around the time the Society was establishing ... and frost, as much as from wanton vandalism. Conservation Work The Society s early aims therefore ... more details
Image Skytteanska samfundet logo.png right Seal of the Royal Skyttean Society The Royal Skyttean Society Swedish language Swedish Kungliga Skytteanska Samfundet is a scholarly and scientific academy with its seat in the northern Sweden Swedish university town of Ume . It is one of the 18 royal academies in Sweden and was founded on 29 April 1956, taking its name from the 17th century political figure Johan Skytte , who, among other things, contributed to education in Norrland through his initiative of founding a school in Lycksele . The society received royal protection two years after its founding, and the status of a Swedish Royal Academies royal academy in 1967. The society has 90 members, excepting those who have reached the age of 70. The Skyttean Society publishes a publication series, Kungl. Skytteanska samfundets handlingar since 1961 , and a yearbook titled Thule. Kungl. Skytteanska samfundets rsbok since 1988 . External links http www.skytteanskasamfundet.org Kungliga Skytteanska Samfundet , official website Category Swedish Royal Academies Skyttean Society Sweden org stub sv Kungliga Skytteanska Samfundet ... more details
The RoyalSociety of Tasmania RST was formed in 1844. The RST was the first RoyalSociety outside the United Kingdom . It started as the Tasmanian Society formed by John Franklin Sir John Franklin assisted by Ronald Campbell Gunn . On the event of the sesquicentenary of the Society it published the volume Walk to the West to publish the diary of James Backhouse Walker of a walk in 1887, which also included Piguenit s paintings from that journey as well. Further reading 1895 History of the RoyalSociety of Tasmania, with portraits of the President, Council and Secretary. Hobart The Society, Ferguson no. 15176. Walker, James Backhouse. Early Tasmania papers read before the RoyalSociety of Tasmania during the years 1888 to 1899 . Hobart John Vail, Government Printer, 1914. External links http www.rst.org.au Official website http www.tco.asn.au oac community groups.cgi?groupID 1781&oacID 67 RoyalSociety of Tasmania at Tasmanian Online Communities http eprints.utas.edu.au 8410 Electronic version of the minutes of the first meeting of The Society , Van Diemens Land 1841 Category Organisations based in Australia with royal patronage Society of Tasmania, Royal Category Clubs and societies in Australia Category 1844 establishments in Australia Australia org stub ja ... more details
Royal Zoological Society may refer to Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. disambiguation ... more details
unreferenced date March 2011 The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund or Kungl. Fysiografiska S llskapet i Lund , is one of the Swedish Royal Academies Royal Academies in Sweden . It was founded in Lund , on December 2, 1772, and received a Royal Charter by Gustav III of Sweden Gustav III , on March 6, 1778. See also Lund University External links http www.fysiografen.se The Royal Swedish Physiographic Society Swedish Royal Academies Category Swedish Royal Academies Physiographic Category Lund edu org stub Sweden org stub de K nigliche Physiographische Gesellschaft in Lund mk sv Kungliga Fysiografiska S llskapet i Lund ... more details
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 Society London at 41 Devonshire Place, W1. File ... Philatelist , Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1892. The Royal Philatelic Society London 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 ... meeting of the Society, part of the Royal Philatelic Collection is displayed by its Keeper. Queen Elizabeth is not known to be a philatelist herself, but the royal family has maintained and added to the collection passed down by Edward VII. Membership The Royal, as it is known, has members ... 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 ... Philatelist during the relevant period. See also Royal Philatelic Society London Meeting Handouts Collection References Reflist commonscat Royal Philatelic Society London External links http ... based in the United Kingdom with royal patronage Category Learned societies of the United Kingdom Category Royal Philatelic Society London fr Royal Philatelic Society London ru ... 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
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