The Royal Society of London

1. The first President

1.1. William Brouncker (1620-1684)

2. Hisrory

2.1. London's Royal society – one of the world's oldest scientific societies; it was founded on 28 November 1660 and approved by Royal Charter in 1662, One of the founders of the Society was R. Boyle; important role in the creation of the Royal society of London played the call of Francis bacon to the experimental study of nature

3. Royal Charter

3.1. The first Charter was signed on 15 July 1662

4. The Official website

4.1. https://royalsociety.org/

5. Foundation date

5.1. Its official foundatoin date is 28 November 1660. when a group of 12 met at Gresham College after a lecture by Christopher Wren and decided to found`a Colledge for the Promoting of Physico-Mathematicall Experimental Lerning`

6. Founders

6.1. The group of founders of the Royal society in London included :Jonathan Goddard , Abraham Hill ,Sir Robert Moray,Robert Boyle,Alexander Bruce,John Wilkins,Christopher Wren,William Petty,William Brouncker.The group of founders of the Royal society in London included :Jonathan Goddard , Abraham Hill ,Sir Robert Moray,Robert Boyle,Alexander Bruce,John Wilkins,Christopher Wren,William Petty,William Brouncker.

7. Fellows

7.1. The society's core members are the Fellows.Fellows of the Royal Society are elected to the Royal Society by their peers who consider them to have made " a substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge including maths, engineering science and medical science".

8. publishing

8.1. The society published the first journal exclusively devoted to science in 1665

9. honour

9.1. The Royal Society presents numerous awards, lectures and medals to recognise scientific achievement.The oldest is the Croonian Lecture, created in 1701 at the request of the widow of William Croone, one of the founding members of the Royal Society. The Croonian Lecture is still awarded on an annual basis, and is considered the most important Royal Society prize for the biological sciences. Although the Croonian Lecture was created in 1701, it was first awarded in 1738, seven years after the Copley Medal. The Copley Medal is the oldest Royal Society medal still in use and is awarded for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science".