Midlands Enlightenment

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The Midlands Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and industrial movement centered in England’s Midlands, where scientists, inventors, and philosophers collaborated to advance science, technology, and social thought.

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instanceOf Enlightenment movement ⓘ
historical movement ⓘ
intellectual movement ⓘ
associatedWith Birmingham industrialists ⓘ
Derby Philosophers ⓘ
Lunar men ⓘ
centeredIn Birmingham ⓘ
Derby ⓘ
Lichfield ⓘ
Staffordshire ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ
characteristic collaboration between scientists and industrialists ⓘ
correspondence and knowledge exchange ⓘ
emphasis on practical invention ⓘ
informal learned societies ⓘ
interdisciplinary networks ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
focus application of science to industry ⓘ
botany ⓘ
canal building ⓘ
ceramics production ⓘ
chemical industry ⓘ
education reform ⓘ
experimental science ⓘ
geology ⓘ
manufacturing processes ⓘ
mechanical engineering ⓘ
medical science ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
political radicalism ⓘ
printing and typography ⓘ
religious dissent ⓘ
steam power ⓘ
hasPart industrial innovation ⓘ
philosophical debate ⓘ
scientific activity ⓘ
social reform thought ⓘ
hasParticipant Anna Seward ⓘ
Birmingham Lunar Society ⓘ
Erasmus Darwin ⓘ
James Brindley ⓘ
James Keir ⓘ
James Watt ⓘ
John Baskerville ⓘ
John Whitehurst ⓘ
Joseph Priestley ⓘ
Josiah Wedgwood ⓘ
linked to: Josiah Wedgwood I

Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
Matthew Boulton ⓘ
Richard Lovell Edgeworth ⓘ
Samuel Johnson ⓘ
Thomas Day ⓘ
William Murdoch ⓘ
William Small ⓘ
William Withering ⓘ
historicalPeriod Georgian era ⓘ
influenced British industrialization ⓘ
Industrial Revolution ⓘ
applied science ⓘ
modern engineering practice ⓘ
utilitarian social thought ⓘ
influencedBy European Enlightenment ⓘ
Scientific Revolution ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Midlands ⓘ
movementDomain economics ⓘ
industry ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
political thought ⓘ
science ⓘ
technology ⓘ
notableEvent meetings of the Lunar Society of Birmingham ⓘ
notableOutcome advances in pneumatic chemistry ⓘ
development of steam engine technology ⓘ
early evolutionary ideas by Erasmus Darwin ⓘ
expansion of pottery industry in Staffordshire ⓘ
improvements in metalworking and manufacturing ⓘ
relatedTo English Enlightenment ⓘ
Industrial Enlightenment ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
temporalLocation 18th century ⓘ

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Samuel Galton Jr. → participantIn → Midlands Enlightenment ⓘ