Article ID: CBB001022758

A Role in Running UK Science? (2010)

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The election of a new President of the Royal Society in 1945 was enlivened by a petition, signed by 20% of the Fellowship, promoting a vision of the Society as playing a strong role in managing UK science. One of the signatories was Howard Florey. During the final year of Cyril Hinshelwood's presidency in 1960, and throughout Florey's subsequent presidency, the Society fought hard for a share of the action as publicly funded science, managed by Government-appointed bodies, grew at a sustained 15% per annum. The implementation of the Trend report in 1965 closed out the main options: the Government wanted control, and the Society, in the end, wanted its independence. It found other ways to make an impact on UK science.

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Description On the Royal Society and government sponsored science in post-World War II Britain.


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Authors & Contributors
Hughes, Jeff
Bennett, Tony
Bodmer, Walter
Chadarevian, Soraya de
Collins, Peter
Dibley, Ben
Journals
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
History and Anthropology
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
History of Science
History Workshop Journal
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Franz Steiner Verlag
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Science and government
Government sponsored science
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Science and politics
Universities and colleges
People
Rutherford, Ernest, 1st Baron
Bragg, William Henry
Bush, Vannevar
Foucault, Michel
Hopkins, Frederick Gowland
Martin, David Christie
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
19th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
China
France
Germany
People's Republic of China
Institutions
Royal Society of London
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
British Association for the Advancement of Science
European Space Research Organisation
Great Britain. Royal Navy
Musée de l'homme (Paris)
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