Derby Philosophical Society

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The Derby Philosophical Society was an 18th-century scientific and intellectual society in Derby, England, whose members included prominent figures of the Industrial Revolution such as clockmaker and scientist John Whitehurst.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Derby Philosophical Society canonical 6
Derby Philosophers 1

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Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf learned society ⓘ
philosophical society ⓘ
scientific society ⓘ
activeInCentury 18th century ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ
geology ⓘ
industrial technology ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
science ⓘ
hasMember Charles Sylvester ⓘ
Erasmus Darwin ⓘ
Herbert Spencer ⓘ
John Farey Sr. ⓘ
John Flamsteed (posthumous influence) ⓘ
John Henson ⓘ
John Whitehurst ⓘ
Josiah Wedgwood ⓘ
linked to: Josiah Wedgwood I

Michael Jessop ⓘ
Peter Crompton ⓘ
Richard French ⓘ
Robert Darwin ⓘ
Samuel Fox ⓘ
Samuel Shore ⓘ
Thomas Gisborne ⓘ
William Brooks Johnson ⓘ
William Duesbury ⓘ
William George Spencer ⓘ
William Strutt ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary architect) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary designer) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary engineer) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary experimenter) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary hospital architect) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary hospital designer) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary hospital engineer) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary hospital experimenter) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary hospital inventor) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary hospital philanthropist) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary hospital scientist) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary inventor) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary philanthropist) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby Infirmary scientist) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby architect) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby engineer) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby experimenter) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby hospital designer) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby industrialist) ⓘ
linked to: William Strutt

William Strutt (Derby inventor) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby philanthropist) ⓘ
William Strutt (Derby scientist) ⓘ
William Strutt (architectural innovator) ⓘ
William Strutt (engineer) ⓘ
William Strutt (hospital designer) ⓘ
William Strutt (inventor) ⓘ
William Strutt (philanthropist) ⓘ
William Strutt (physician) ⓘ
William Strutt (scientific experimenter) ⓘ
William Strutt (textile manufacturer) ⓘ
William Woollatt ⓘ
inception 1783 ⓘ
locatedIn Derby ⓘ
Derbyshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Whitehurst → associatedWith → Derby Philosophical Society ⓘ
Midlands Enlightenment → associatedWith → Derby Philosophers ⓘ
linked to: Derby Philosophical Society
Richard French → memberOf → Derby Philosophical Society ⓘ
Richard French → educatedAt → Derby Philosophical Society ⓘ
John Henson → memberOf → Derby Philosophical Society ⓘ
William Woollatt → memberOf → Derby Philosophical Society ⓘ
Michael Jessop → memberOf → Derby Philosophical Society ⓘ