Royal Society
Americannoun
noun
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The research was funded by the Royal Society.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
Lawrence was made an MBE for services to literature in 2021 and later elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Back in Europe after his travels, Forster, still in his early 20s, became a member of the Royal Society and published “A Voyage Round the World.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
In a study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers formally described the species and named it Tanyka amnicola.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026
The Royal Society, after years of decline, in which it was short of funds and performing few experiments, was showing signs of a new enthusiasm for experimental science, but Papin did not benefit.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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