SOCIETY, as generally understood, is an association of individuals for the promotion of science, literature, or the arts. Under the head ACADEMY a detailed account is given of the principal institutions bearing that name, both in the United Kingdom and on the continent; and it only remains to present a tabular view of the more important societies of the United Kingdom.
Tabular View of the more important Societies of the United Kingdom.
| Place of Meeting and Name. | Annual Sub- scription. |
Date of Foun- dation. |
Place of Meeting and Name. | Annual Sub- scription. |
Date of Foun- dation. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON.—Archæological Institute of Gt. Britain..... | £ 1 1 0 | 1843 | LONDON.—Statistical Society..... | £ 2 2 0 | 1834 |
| Architectural Association..... | 0 12 6 | 1842 | Surrey Archæological Society..... | 0 10 0 | 1854 |
| Architectural Museum..... | 1 1 0 | 1853 | Sydenham Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1843 |
| Art-Union of London..... | 1 1 0 | 1837 | United Service Institution..... | 0 10 0 | 1830 |
| Arundel Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1840 | Zoological Society of London..... | 3 0 0 | 1826 |
| British Archæological Association..... | 1 1 0 | 1843 | Oxford.—Architectural Society of Oxford..... | 1 1 0 | 1839 |
| British Association for the Advance- ment of Science (Perambulatory)..... |
1 0 0 | 1831 | Ashmolean Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1828 |
| British Institution for the Fine Arts..... | 3 3 0 | 1805 | Cambridge.—Cambridge Philosophical Soc. | 1 1 0 | 1819 |
| Cambridian Archæological Association..... | 1 1 0 | 1846 | Cambridge Antiquarian Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1839 |
| Camden Society..... | 1 0 0 | 1838 | Cambridge Architectural Society..... | 0 10 0 | 1847 |
| Chemical Society..... | 2 0 0 | 1841 | EDINBURGH.—Royal Society of Edinburgh..... | 3 3 0 | 1739 |
| Chatham Society..... | 1 0 0 | 1843 | Royal Scottish Society of Arts..... | 1 1 0 | 1821 |
| Entomological Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1833 | Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh..... | 0 5 0 | 1771 |
| Geological Society of London..... | 3 3 0 | 1807 | Royal Inst. for the Fine Arts in Scotland..... | None | 1819 |
| Graphic Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1833 | Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, &c..... | None | 1826 |
| Hakluyt Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1846 | Royal Association for the Fine Arts..... | 1 1 0 | 1833 |
| Horticultural Society of London..... | 4 4 0 | 1804 | Harveian Society..... | 0 5 0 | 1782 |
| Institute of Actuaries..... | 3 3 0 | 1848 | Medico-Chirurgical Society..... | 0 5 0 | 1821 |
| Institution of Civil Engineers..... | 3 3 0 | 1818 | Educational Institute of Scotland..... | 0 5 0 | 1847 |
| Linnean Society..... | 3 0 0 | 1788 | Highland and Agricultural Society..... | 1 3 0 | 1784 |
| Medical Society of London..... | 1 1 0 | 1773 | Architectural Institute of Scotland..... | 1 1 0 | 1850 |
| Microscopical Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1839 | Juridical Society of Edinburgh..... | 1 1 0 | 1773 |
| Middlesex Archæological Society..... | 0 10 0 | 1855 | Botanical Society..... | 0 12 6 | 1836 |
| Numismatic Society..... | 1 10 0 | 1837 | Caledonian Horticultural Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1809 |
| Parker Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1840 | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland..... | 1 1 0 | 1780 |
| Ray Society..... | 1 1 0 | 1814 | Edinburgh Philosophical Institution..... | 1 1 0 | 1846 |
| Royal Academy of Arts..... | None | 1768 | Glasgow.—Maitland Club..... | 3 3 0 | 1828 |
| Royal Society..... | 4 0 0 | 1634 | Philosophical Society of Glasgow..... | 0 15 0 | 1802 |
| Royal Asiatic Society of Great Bri- tain and Ireland..... |
3 3 0 | 1823 | Aberdeen.—Spalding Club..... | 1 1 0 | 1839 |
| Royal Astronomical Society..... | 2 2 0 | 1820 | DUBLIN.—Royal Dublin Society..... | 2 2 0 | 1731 |
| Royal Botanic Society of London..... | 2 2 0 | 1839 | Royal Irish Academy..... | 2 2 0 | 1785 |
| Royal Geographical Society of London..... | 2 0 0 | 1830 | Royal Hibernian Academy..... | None | 1823 |
| Royal Institute of British Architects..... | 2 2 0 | 1834 | Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland..... |
1 11 6 | 1839 |
| Royal Institution of Great Britain..... | 5 5 0 | 1800 | Royal Zoological Society of Ireland..... | 1 0 0 | 1831 |
| Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society..... | 3 3 0 | 1805 | Geological Society of Dublin..... | 1 0 0 | 1832 |
| Royal Polytechnic Institution..... | 2 2 0 | 1838 | Dublin Natural History Society..... | 1 0 0 | 1838 |
| Royal Society of Literature of the U.K..... | 2 2 0 | 1823 | Dublin Statistical Society..... | 0 10 0 | 1847 |
| Social Science Association (Perambul.)..... | 1 1 0 | 1857 | Irish Archæological and Celtic Society..... | 1 0 0 | 1854 |
| Society of Arts..... | 2 2 0 | 1745 | Royal Agricultural Society of Ire- land..... |
1 0 0 | 1841 |
| Society of Antiquaries of London..... | 2 2 0 | 1717 | Belfast.—Chemico-Agricultural Society of Ulster..... |
1 1 0 | 1845 |
| Society of Painters in Water-Col. (Old) | None | 1804 | Belfast Natural History and Philoso- phical Society..... |
1 1 0 | 1821 |
| Society of Painters in Water-Col. (New) | None | 1834 |