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THE
ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH
The Royal Society
of Edinburgh is Scotland’s national academy of
science and letters.
With over 1400 peer-elected fellows, known as 'Fellows
of the Royal Society of Edinburgh', it provides annual
grants of over half a million pounds for research and entrepreneurship.
At the beginning of the 18th century, Edinburgh’s
intellectual climate fostered many clubs and societies,
the most prestigious of which was the Philosophical Society,
founded in 1738. With the help of
University of Edinburgh professors like physician Joseph
Black (1728 – 1799)
and naturalist John Walker (1730 – 1803) this society
became the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1783.
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