The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820, by King George IV, to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent". A charity that represents the voice of literature in the UK, the RSL has about 600 Fellows, elected from among the best writers in any genre currently at work. ... List of presidents. 1820–1832 ...

Origins. The society was founded and received its royal charter in 1868. Until 1872 it was known as the Historical Society. In 1897, it merged with (or absorbed) the Camden Society, founded in 1838. In its origins, and for many years afterwards, the society was effectively a gentlemen's club.However, in the middle and later twentieth century the RHS took on a more active role in …

De très nombreux savants ont contribué à la création et à l'essor de la Royal Society. Elle compte parmi les membres fondateurs Robert Boyle, John Evelyn, Robert Hooke, William Petty, John Wallis, John Wilkins, Thomas Willis, Jean Chardin, Elias Ashmole et Christopher Wren. Isaac Newton y présenta sa théorie de l’optique, et en devint plus tard le président.

The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, education and public engagement …

In addition to the individuals listed above, Lyndon B. Johnson was initiated into the first degree of Freemasonry – "Entered Apprentice", October 30, 1937, in Johnson City Lodge No. 561, at Johnson City, Texas, but did not advance any further and did not become a full member of his lodge, Ronald Reagan was made an honorary Freemason, and as a youth, Bill Clinton was a …

The following list of Bohemian Club members includes both past and current members of note. Membership in the male-only, private Bohemian Club takes a variety of forms, with membership regularly offered to new university presidents and to military commanders stationed in the San Francisco Bay Area.Regular, full members are usually wealthy and influential men who pay full …

Many United States presidents have borne a coat of arms; largely through inheritance, assumption, or grants from foreign heraldic authorities.One, Dwight Eisenhower, received his upon becoming a Knight of the Order of the Elephant of Denmark. The president of the United States, as a position, uses the Seal of the President of the United States as a coat of arms, but …

The vice president of the Philippines is the second-highest executive official in the government of the Philippines.The vice president is directly elected by qualified voters to a six-year term, and may be a cabinet member without confirmation from the Commission on Appointments and is first in the presidential line of succession. There have been 15 vice presidents.

This list of Cornell University alumni includes notable graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Cornell University.Cornell counted 245,027 living alumni as of August 2008. Its alumni includes 25 recipients of National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation combined, 36 MacArthur Fellows, 34 Marshall Scholars and 31 …

List of current heads of state and government Notes [ edit ] ^ The term "Sultana" is used by Odal-Devora in her essay The River Dwellers (2000, page 47), saying " This Prince Bagtas, a grandson of Sultana Kalangitan, the Lady of Pasig, was also said to have ruled the Kingdom of Namayan or Sapa, in the present Sta Ana-Mandaluyong-San Juan ...