Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851

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The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is a British educational trust established to manage the legacy of the Great Exhibition, using its proceeds to support scientific and industrial research, scholarships, and educational institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf charitable organization ⓘ
educational trust ⓘ
royal commission ⓘ
awards research fellowships ⓘ
scholarships ⓘ
studentships ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
fieldOfWork engineering ⓘ
higher education ⓘ
industrial research ⓘ
science ⓘ
foundedBy Queen Victoria ⓘ
foundedDuring Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
surface form: Great Exhibition era
foundedFor administration of surplus funds from the Great Exhibition ⓘ
hasBeneficiary engineers ⓘ
researchers ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
students ⓘ
hasMotto to increase the means of industrial education and extend the influence of science and art upon productive industry ⓘ
hasNotableScholarship Royal Society University Research Fellowships ⓘ
surface form: 1851 Research Fellowship

Industrial Fellowships ⓘ
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Scholarships
hasWebsite https://www.royalcommission1851.org ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
inception 1850 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm charitable trust ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity City of Westminster ⓘ
namedAfter Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
surface form: Great Exhibition
operatesIn United Kingdom ⓘ
purpose to manage the legacy of the Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
to promote industrial research ⓘ
to promote scientific research ⓘ
to support education ⓘ
supports educational institutions ⓘ
industrial research ⓘ
research institutes ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
universities ⓘ
usesProceedsFrom Great Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
surface form: Great Exhibition

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Exhibition of 1851 → organizedBy → Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
Albertopolis → associatedWith → Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851
The Crystal Palace → owner → Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commissioners for the Great Exhibition of 1851
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 → hasNotableScholarship → Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Scholarships