MS Gen 1633, MS Gen 1638
Records of Glasgow Philosophical Society, learned society,
Glasgow, Scotland
1844-1969
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Glasgow Philosophical Society (Learned society: 1802-1902 :
Glasgow, Scotland)
English
Glasgow Philosophical Society was founded in
1802, the
Society was later known as the Philosophical Society of Glasgow and was created
the
Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow by King
Edward VII on the occasion of the Society’s centenary in
1902. The
Society was established for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences in
Glasgow. It set up a select library of scientific books and invited members to
give scientific papers, and to exhibit models and artefacts at regular
meetings. These meetings were held weekly in the winter months and fortnightly
in the summer months. The society was administered by an elected council, which
included a President and Vice-President, and from 1812 a librarian joined the
ranks to oversee the running of the Society’s library. The Society resided at
various addresses until 1831, when a room in the Andersonian University, Ingram
Street, Glasgow, Scotland was acquired. Meetings were held there until 1868
when the society moved to the new Corporation Galleries in Sauchiehall Street,
Glasgow. Then in 1880, a new building was built in Bath Street, Glasgow, which
housed the society and the
Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders
in Scotland. During the 20th century the Society’s membership
experienced a decline and subsequently its assets were either sold off or
dispersed. In 2003, the Society’s descendant body The Royal Philosophical
Society is still active.
- Minute books 1844-1969
The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it
was received
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Deposited, 1993, ACCN 4551
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GB 247 MS Gen 1478-1481 Records of Glasgow Philosophical Society,
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1631-1632 Records of Glasgow Philosophical Society,
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Glasgow Library, Department of Special Collections, GB 0247 MS Gen
1634-1637.Records of Glasgow Philosophical Society,
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Glasgow Library, Department of Special Collections
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Fonds level description compiled by Elaine MacGillivray, Archives
Assistant, July 2003.
Glasgow Philosophical Society
Institute of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland
Learned societies
Philosophy