Royal Society Coat of Arms. Photograph by Shuma Rani
The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known also as The Royal Society, is a learned society for science that was founded in 1660 and is the oldest society of its kind still in existence.
A number of notable humanists have been members of The Royal Society including:
- T.H. Huxley (president from 1883-1885)
- Charles Darwin
- Alan Turing
- Julian Huxley
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