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Corporate Name
Lunar Society
Epithet
Informal learned society
Dates
1765-1813
History
Members included prominent figures in the Midlands Enlightenment such as industrialists, natural philosophers and intellectuals, who met regularly between 1765 and 1813 in Birmingham, England. Members with Derbyshire connections included Erasmus Darwin, John Whitehurst and Joseph Wright.
Authorised Form of Name
Lunar Society; 1765-1813; Informal learned society
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