X Club

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dining club discussion society learned society scientific organization

X Club was an influential 19th-century London dining and discussion society of prominent scientists who championed Darwinism and the professionalization of science.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dining club → discussion society → learned society → scientific organization →
activeInCentury	19th century →
city	London →
country	United Kingdom →
dissolvedIn	1893 →
fieldOfWork	evolutionary biology → natural science → science →
formedIn	1864 →
foundedBy	Edward Frankland → George Busk → Herbert Spencer → John Lubbock → John Tyndall → Joseph Dalton Hooker → Thomas Archer Hirst → Thomas Henry Huxley → William Spottiswoode →
hasInfluenced	development of modern scientific institutions →
hasMember	Edward Frankland → George Busk → Herbert Spencer → John Lubbock → John Tyndall → Joseph Dalton Hooker → Thomas Archer Hirst → Thomas Henry Huxley → William Spottiswoode →
hasPurpose	advancement of professional science → informal networking among scientists → promotion of scientific naturalism →
historicalPeriod	Victorian era →
ideology	scientific naturalism →
influenced	British Association for the Advancement of Science → Royal Society of London →
languageOfWork	English →
location	London →
meetingFrequency	monthly →
meetingPlace	St George's Hotel, Albemarle Street, London →
membershipPolicy	closed membership →
namedAfter	letter X →
notableFor	influence on Victorian science policy → professionalization of science → promotion of Darwinism → support of Charles Darwin →
numberOfMembers	9 →
opposedTo	religious interference in science →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Thomas Henry Huxley →	memberOf