Article ID: CBB001022760

The Royal Society and the Commonwealth: Old Friendships, New Frontiers (2010)

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For more than three centuries, the Royal Society has played a notable part in the history of the British Empire and in the Commonwealth that succeeded it. In many ways, the history of the Royal Society itself reflects the history of Britain, its colonies, and its Dominions in the pursuit of natural knowledge. This paper considers leading features in the history of Anglo-Commonwealth relations, paying particular attention to people and events that, during the twentieth century, presented the Royal Society---and, by extension, British science---with choices that shape the Western world today.

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Authors & Contributors
Home, Roderick W.
Despy-Meyer, Andrée
Turner, Steven
Williams, R. J. P.
Unger, Nancy C.
Turney, Jon
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Science and society
Colonialism
Great Britain, colonies
Science and culture
Teaching; pedagogy
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
17th century
20th century
Early modern
21st century
Places
Great Britain
England
United States
India
Bologna (Italy)
Russia
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Smithsonian Institution
Oxford University
Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna
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