Entry Type | Corporate |
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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