Royal Society

noun

1. The Royal Society of London for the Advancement of Science, a society through which the British government has supported scientific investigation since 1662: awards four annual medals.

Royal Society

noun

1. an association founded in England by Charles II in 1660 to promote research in the sciences

Example Sentences

The journal Royal Society Open Science published a survey of 100 researchers of animal behavior, providing a unique view of current scientific thought on animal emotions and consciousness.

From Science Daily

“Birds are just doing what birds do. They're not evil,” Tony Whitehead, spokesperson for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, says.

From Salon

The artist won the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 1992 and exhibited his work at the National Portrait Gallery's BP portrait awards the following year.

From BBC

Each coin has been created with the support of the Royal Horticultural Society and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

From BBC

In the next decades he helped establish the Royal Navy, became an MP, was locked up in the Tower of London, elected the President of the Royal Society and died a prosperous man in 1703.

From BBC