Lunar Society of Birmingham
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The Lunar Society of Birmingham was an 18th-century English learned society and informal dining club of prominent industrialists, scientists, and intellectuals who played a key role in the Industrial Revolution and the advancement of science.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
informal dining club
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learned society → |
| activeInCentury |
18th century
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| country |
Kingdom of Great Britain
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| dissolvedInPeriod |
early 19th century
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| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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engineering → industry → natural philosophy → political economy → science → technology → |
| hasCharacteristic |
informal membership
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met by the light of the full moon → no formal constitution → no official minutes → |
| hasMember |
Anna Seward
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Erasmus Darwin → James Brindley → James Keir → James Watt → James Watt Jr. → John Baskerville → John Roebuck → John Whitehurst → John Wilkinson → Jonathan Stokes → Joseph Priestley → Josiah Wedgwood → Matthew Boulton → Richard Lovell Edgeworth → Samuel Galton Jr. → Samuel Garbett → Thomas Beddoes → Thomas Bentley → Thomas Day → Thomas Wedgwood → William Murdock → William Small → William Withering → |
| influenced |
Industrial Revolution
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canal building in Britain → ceramics industry → chemical industry → development of steam power → early scientific societies in Britain → |
| locatedIn |
Birmingham
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England → West Midlands → |
| meetingPlace |
Birmingham area private houses
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Soho House, Handsworth → |
| namedAfter |
Moon
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| notableFor |
advancement of experimental science
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application of science to manufacturing → interdisciplinary collaboration between scientists and industrialists → role in Enlightenment thought in the Midlands → |
Referenced by (24)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Erasmus Darwin
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James Watt → John Whitehurst → Joseph Priestley → Josiah Wedgwood → Josiah Wedgwood I → Matthew Boulton → Samuel Galton Jr. → Samuel Garbett → Thomas Day → Thomas Wedgwood → William Small → William Withering → |
memberOf |
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Erasmus Darwin House
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Mary Howard Darwin ("Lunar Society circle (indirectly via Erasmus Darwin)") → Samuel Garbett ("Lunar Society members") → Soho House, Handsworth → The Botanic Garden → Wedgwood family → |
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James Keir
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Jonathan Stokes → |
member of |
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Erasmus Darwin House
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hasExhibit |
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Thomas Wedgwood
("Lunar Society intellectual circle")
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influencedBy |
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Thomas Wedgwood
("Lunar Society circle")
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movement |