Election to Honorary Life Membership of CSAR

2016

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, in London, holds a distinguished place in the annals of scientific history as one of the oldest and most influential scientific institutions in the world. This work aims to provide a detailed exploration of the Royal Society, encompassing its history, mission, structure, notable contributions, and the significance of the Royal Charter Book signed by its Fellows, particularly one of its Fellows, John Goodsir. The Royal Society's origins can be traced back to a group of like-minded individuals who gathered to discuss scientific matters in the mid-17th century. The formal establishment of the society took place at Gresham College, and its founding members included prominent figures such as Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Christopher Wren. 1 The society received its royal charter from King Charles II in 1662, officially becoming "The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge." Fig.1. Coat of Arms of The Royal Society

Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 2020

William King (1809-86) was the founding Professor of Mineralogy and Geology at Queen's College Galway (QCG), one of three regional colleges opened in 1849 to provide secular university-level education in Ireland. King came from a modest background and despite lacking third-level qualifications, began publishing on palaeontological and geological matters in the 1840s. These early contributions aided his application for the professorship in Galway, particularly his seminal 1850 monograph on the Permian fossils of England, which was in preparation at the time. During his first two decades at QCG, King maintained an up-to-date teaching programme in geology and palaeontology, played a key role in establishing the natural history museum and further developed his research portfolio. He investigated several topics of international interest, including the supposed earliest fossils of living organisms and the emerging evidence for fossil humans. King's achievements were impressive, particularly as he was essentially self-taught and also considering the isolated and poor economic standing of Galway at the time. The Queen's University in Ireland (QUI) bestowed its first ever honorary Doctor of Science on William King in 1870 in recognition of his distinguished geological research, and also to mark a refocussing of the university curriculum to better reflect the importance of science. King's award came at a time when the education system was coming under increasing scrutiny in Ireland, and as part of these reforms QUI was dissolved in 1882 and replaced by the Royal University of Ireland. One of the final acts of QUI was to award a large number of former graduates with master's degrees. A select few were conferred with honorary doctorates, including King's eldest son, William Jr., who had been amongst the first students to enter QCG in 1849 and, after graduating, enjoyed a distinguished career with the Geological Survey of India. Father and son thus achieved the unique honour of being the first and last recipients of a Doctor of Science (honoris causa) from QUI for their geological endeavours.

Indian journal of history of science, 2018

In the early decades of the twentieth century, an Indian scientist was likely to be nominated for the Fellowship of the Royal Society only if his work was sufficiently known among his British peers. Several Indians were nominated and a few were elected FRS. Even those who were not elected appear to be key figures in our understanding of Indian science of that era.

Minerva, 2008

The universities of Oxford and Cambridge developed different attitudes towards the award of honorary degrees through the early and middle decades of the 20 th century. Recently, both have adopted a similar cautious and apolitical stance. This essay describes the role of honorary degrees in the production and reproduction of the cultural and intellectual authority of these two ancient universities. 14 The historian J. R. M. Butler, Fellow of Trinity College and subsequently Regius Professor of History, drafted a letter to MacDonald, eventually signed by 170 resident members of Senate,

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 2013

This paper examines the dynamics of the honorary membership of Russian scientists at the Royal Society over a 350-year period. Using several outstanding Russian scientists as examples (Dmitrii Mendeleev, Il’ya Metschnikoff, Ivan Pavlov and Nikolai Vavilov), we will demonstrate how a combination of cultural and political factors influenced the dynamics of memberships. Furthermore, we explain how their memberships of the Royal Society influenced their scientific careers.

The Biochemist, 2004

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2010

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2022

We report on continuing research on the British scientific elite, intended to illustrate a proposed new approach to elite studies, and based on prosopographical data on Fellows of the Royal Society born from 1900. We extend analyses previously reported of Fellows’ social origins and secondary schooling so as to take their university careers into account. The composite term ‘Oxbridge’ is called into question, as Cambridge appears historically to have been far more productive of members of the scientific elite than Oxford. However, Fellows from more advantaged class backgrounds do have a clearly higher probability than others of having attended Cambridge, Oxford or London, rather than universities outside of ‘the golden triangle’ – an outcome only partially mediated through private schooling. The ‘long arm’ of family of origin is thus apparent, although private schooling has been more important in helping Fellows from managerial rather than from professional families to gain entry to ...