‘The Cabals of a Few Designing Members’: The Presidency of Martin Folkes, PRS and the Society's First Charter

Autor:	David Boyd Haycock
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Archeology History Government Presidency Visual Arts and Performing Arts George (robot) Political science Law Short paper Charter Plot (narrative)
Zdroj:	The Antiquaries Journal. 80:273-284
ISSN:	1758-5309 0003-5815
DOI:	10.1017/s0003581500050241
Popis:	This short paper examines the presidency of Martin Folkes (1690–1754) and the events surrounding the incorporation of the Society by a Royal Charter from George II in 1751. Folkes was also president of the Royal Society of London, and a small number of Antiquaries feared that incorporation was a plot hatched by ‘a few designing members’ either to line their own pockets or to subsume their society into its older, wealthier rival. Folkes in turn was a controversial figure, renowned f or his irreligious beliefs and satirized for his poor government of the Royal Society.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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