MacLeod, Roy M. (Author)
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Volume: 64
Pages: S137--S149
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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