Lunar Society of Birmingham

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informal dining club learned society

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Lunar Society of Birmingham canonical 27
Birmingham Lunar Society 1
Lunar Society circle 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf informal dining club ⓘ
learned society ⓘ
activeInCentury 18th century ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolvedInPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork chemistry ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
industry ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
science ⓘ
technology ⓘ
hasCharacteristic informal membership ⓘ
met by the light of the full moon ⓘ
no formal constitution ⓘ
no official minutes ⓘ
hasMember Anna Seward ⓘ
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 I ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
canal building in Britain ⓘ
ceramics industry ⓘ
chemical industry ⓘ
development of steam power ⓘ
early scientific societies in Britain ⓘ
locatedIn Birmingham ⓘ
England ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
meetingPlace Birmingham area private houses ⓘ
Soho House, Handsworth ⓘ
namedAfter Moon ⓘ
notableFor advancement of experimental science ⓘ
application of science to manufacturing ⓘ
interdisciplinary collaboration between scientists and industrialists ⓘ
role in Enlightenment thought in the Midlands ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

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

Erasmus Darwin → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
The Botanic Garden → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
James Watt → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Mary Howard Darwin → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar Society circle (indirectly via Erasmus Darwin)
Matthew Boulton → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Soho House, Handsworth → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Joseph Priestley → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
William Withering → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
John Whitehurst → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Samuel Galton Jr. → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Thomas Wedgwood → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Thomas Wedgwood → movement → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar Society circle
Thomas Wedgwood → influencedBy → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar Society intellectual circle
Wedgwood family → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Wedgwood family → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood I → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Thomas Day → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
William Small → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Erasmus Darwin House → hasExhibit → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Erasmus Darwin House → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
James Keir → member of → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Samuel Garbett → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Samuel Garbett → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lunar Society members
Jonathan Stokes → member of → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Sohho House → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Soho Manufactory → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Withering → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
subject surface form: William Withering
Midlands Enlightenment → hasParticipant → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Midlands Enlightenment → hasParticipant → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
this entity surface form: Birmingham Lunar Society
Swan of Lichfield → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Anna Seward
Joseph Wright of Derby paintings → associatedWith → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Lucy Barclay → memberOf → Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
subject surface form: Samuel Galton Jr.