Midlands Enlightenment

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The Midlands Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and industrial movement centered in England’s Midlands, where scientists, inventors, and philosophers collaborated to advance science, technology, and social thought.

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instanceOf Enlightenment movement
historical movement
intellectual movement
associatedWith Birmingham industrialists
Derby Philosophical Society
surface form: Derby Philosophers

Lunar men
centeredIn Birmingham
Derby
Lichfield
Staffordshire
West Midlands
characteristic collaboration between scientists and industrialists
correspondence and knowledge exchange
emphasis on practical invention
informal learned societies
interdisciplinary networks
country Kingdom of Great Britain
focus application of science to industry
botany
canal building
ceramics production
chemical industry
education reform
experimental science
geology
manufacturing processes
mechanical engineering
medical science
metallurgy
political radicalism
printing and typography
religious dissent
steam power
hasPart industrial innovation
philosophical debate
scientific activity
social reform thought
hasParticipant Anna Seward
Lunar Society of Birmingham
surface form: Birmingham Lunar Society

Erasmus Darwin
James Brindley
James Keir
James Watt
John Baskerville
John Whitehurst
Joseph Priestley
Josiah Wedgwood I
surface form: Josiah Wedgwood

Lunar Society of Birmingham
Matthew Boulton
Richard Lovell Edgeworth
Samuel Johnson
Thomas Day
William Murdoch
William Small
William Withering
historicalPeriod Georgian era
influenced British industrialization
Industrial Revolution
applied science
modern engineering practice
utilitarian social thought
influencedBy European Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
language English
locatedIn England
Great Britain
Midlands
movementDomain economics
industry
philosophy
political thought
science
technology
notableEvent meetings of the Lunar Society of Birmingham
notableOutcome advances in pneumatic chemistry
development of steam engine technology
early evolutionary ideas by Erasmus Darwin
expansion of pottery industry in Staffordshire
improvements in metalworking and manufacturing
relatedTo British Enlightenment
surface form: English Enlightenment

Industrial Revolution
surface form: Industrial Enlightenment

Scottish Enlightenment
temporalLocation 18th century

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Samuel Galton Jr. participantIn Midlands Enlightenment