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Sep 13, 2026
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For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain, living in the years 1807-8, by William Walker, Jr.
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Chapter 2 William Allen, Fellow of the Royal Society Born August 29, 1770 Died December 30, 1843 William Allen, the eminent chemist, was born in London.
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His father was a silk manufacturer in Spitalfields and a member of the Society of Friends.
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Having at an early period shown a predilection for chemical and other pursuits connected with medicine, William was placed in the establishment of Mr. Joseph Gurney Bevan in Plough Court, Lombard Street, where he acquired a practical knowledge of chemistry.
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For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain living in the years 1807 to '8 by William Walker Jr.
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Chapter three, Francis Baily.
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Fellow of the Royal Society, et cetera.
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Born April 28th, 1774.
Josh LeachNARRATOR
The materials for this work have chiefly been obtained in the Printed Books Department of the British Museum, but I have also made use of a number of other libraries.
Josh LeachNARRATOR
I owe many thanks to Professor Seward, F.R.S., who suggested that I should undertake this book, and gave me special facilities for the study of the fine collection of old botanical works in the Botany School, Cambridge.
Josh LeachNARRATOR
In addition, I must record my gratitude to the University Librarian, Mr. F.J.H. Jenkinson, M.A., and Mr. C.E. Sale, M.A., of the Cambridge University Library, and also to Dr. Stapph, Keeper of the Kew Herbarium and Library.
Josh LeachNARRATOR
By the kindness of Dr. Norman Moore, Harvian Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians, I have had access to that splendid library, and my best thanks are due to him, and to the Assistant Librarian, Mr. Barlow.
Dianne EmersonHOST
And they literally came up with this whole scientific thing.
Dianne EmersonHOST
So, election as a fellow of the royal society was one of the highest honors a scientist could receive.
Dianne EmersonHOST
Members included figures such as Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, James Clerk, Maxwell, and later Charles Darwin.
Dianne EmersonHOST
So yeah, the Royal Society pretty much, because if you're going to be telling a bunch of lies and stuff, you better get your group together, man.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
When she sees the sensation which my forthcoming paper on The Relation Between Mind and Matter may make, she will understand that it is worth a little nervous wear and tear.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
I should not be surprised if I got my F.R.S. over it.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
Mesmerized again in the evening.
Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
The effect is produced more rapidly now, and the subjective visions are less marked.
Leon HarveyNARRATOR
It may be over-lenient in some cases, in others it may never have been uttered, but on the whole it appears more satisfactory than any other verdict which exists or is attainable.
Leon HarveyNARRATOR
To have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society since the reform in the mode of election introduced by Mr Justice Grove nearly thirty years ago is a real assay of scientific merit.
Leon HarveyNARRATOR
Owing to various reasons, many excellent men of science of mature ages may not be Fellows, but those who bear the title cannot be considered in some degree as entitled to the epithet of scientific.
Leon HarveyNARRATOR
I therefore look upon this Fellowship as a pass examination, so to speak, and from among the Fellows of the Royal Society I select those who have yet further qualifications.
Leon HarveyNARRATOR
It may be over-lenient in some cases, in others it may never have been uttered, but on the whole it appears more satisfactory than any other verdict which exists or is attainable.
Leon HarveyNARRATOR
To have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society since the reform in the mode of election introduced by Mr Justice Grove nearly thirty years ago is a real assay of scientific merit.
Leon HarveyNARRATOR
Owing to various reasons, many excellent men of science of mature ages may not be Fellows, but those who bear the title cannot be considered in some degree as entitled to the epithet of scientific.
Leon HarveyNARRATOR
I therefore look upon this Fellowship as a pass examination, so to speak, and from among the Fellows of the Royal Society I select those who have yet further qualifications.
Ben AdamsNARRATOR
The following is a list of the medical and scientific authorities who have expressed opinions favoring vegetarianism.
Ben AdamsNARRATOR
M. Prouchet, Baron Cuvier, Linnaeus, Professor Lawrence, F.R.S., Sir Charles Bell, F.R.S., Gassendi, Florence, Sir John Owen, Professor Howard Moore, Sylvester Graham, M.D., John Ray, F.R.S., Professor H.
Ben AdamsNARRATOR
Schaffhausen, Sir Richard Owen, F.R.S., Charles Darwin, L.L.D., F.R.S., Dr. John Wood, M.D., Professor Irving Fisher, Professor A.
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Whitner Blyth, F.R.C.S., Edward Smith, M.B., F.R.S., L.L.B., Adam Smith, F.R.S., Lord Playfair, M.D., C.B., Sir Henry Thompson, M.B., F.R.C.S., Dr. F.J. Sykes, B.S.C., Dr. Anna Kingsford, Professor G. Sims Woodhead, M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.S., Alexander Haig, M.A., M.D., F.R.C.P., Dr. W.B. Carpenter, C.B., F.R.S., Dr. Josiah Oldfield, D.C.L., M.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Virchow, Sir Benjamin W. Richardson, M.P., F.R.C.S., Dr. Robert Perks, M.D., F.R.C.S., Dr. Kellogg, M.D., Harry Campbell, M.D., Dr. Olson, etc., etc.
Ben AdamsNARRATOR
Before concluding this section, it might be pointed out that the curious prejudice which is always manifested when men are asked to consider any new thing is as strongly in evidence against food reform as in other innovations.
Ben AdamsNARRATOR
For example, flesh-eating is sometimes defended on the ground that vegetarians do not look hale and hearty as healthy persons should do.
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The ex officio president is the President of the Republic, and the ex officio vice-president is the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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The present president of the council is Dr. D. Luis Carranza, F.R.S., a widely known publicist, and the secretary is Dr. D. Federico Elgunera, kinsman of a diplomatic official favorably known in Washington.
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The honorary membership includes several active members of the National Geographic Society.
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The society issues a Boletín, of which the third trimester of the fifth volume has recently appeared.
JeremyHOST
Fellow of the British Academy, fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, a CBE in 2004.
JeremyHOST
Fellow of the Royal Society, founder's medalist of the Royal Geographical Society in 2015, and a, a number of other prizes and awards over the years.
JeremyHOST
I'll save your blushes, Mike, and maybe not read out the, uh, the, the full list here.
JeremyHOST
But, um, and, um, a man I've known since, uh, the mid-'90s at, uh, at UCL and the foundation of the Center for Advanced Spatial Analysis that I'm sure we'll, uh, we'll come back to, um, as well.
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Leon HarveyNARRATOR
Preface to Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry into Its Laws and Consequences by Francis Galton, Fellowship of the Royal Society.
Leon HarveyNARRATOR
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Leon HarveyNARRATOR
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