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The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as "The Royal Society".

 

 

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The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge,[1] commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as "The Royal Society".[1] It is the oldest national scientific institution in the world.[2] The society is the United Kingdom's and Commonwealth of Nations' Academy of Sciences and fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, fostering international and global co-operation, education and public engagement.

The society is governed by its Council, which is chaired by the Society's President, according to a set of statutes and standing orders. The members of Council and the President are elected from and by its Fellows, the basic members of the society, who are themselves elected by existing Fellows. As of 2016, there are about 1,600 fellows, allowed to use the postnominal title FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society), with up to 52 new fellows appointed each year. There are also royal fellows, honorary fellows and foreign members, the last of which are allowed to use the postnominal title ForMemRS (Foreign Member of the Royal Society). The Royal Society President is Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who took up the post on 30 November 2015.[3]

Since 1967, the society has been based at 6–9 Carlton House Terrace, a Grade I listed building in central London which was previously used by the Embassy of Germany, London.

 

 

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Buchanan Medal Buchanan-Medaille 1897 zweijährlich in ungeraden Jahren Medizin
Copley Medal Copley-Medaille 1731 jährlich alle Wissenschaften
Darwin Medal Darwin-Medaille 1890 zweijährlich in geraden Jahren Biologie
Davy Medal Davy-Medaille 1877 jährlich Chemie
Gabor Medal Gabor-Medaille 1989 zweijährlich in ungeraden Jahren interdisziplinäre Forschung
Hughes Medal Hughes-Medaille 1902 jährlich Physik
King Charles II Medal
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Leverhulme Medal Leverhulme-Medaille 1960 dreijährlich Chemie und Chemieingenieurwesen
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Rumford Medal Rumford-Medaille 1800 zweijährlich in geraden Jahren Thermische und optische Materialeigenschaften
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