Fellows of the Royal Society

against the fatal disease, smallpox, gotten him support by the scientific community. Jenner was also promoting vaccination among the poor. Jenner went on to form many scientific societies and later he become a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789. In 1812, Jenner become an active Freemason, serving as Master of the Royal Lodge of Faith and Friendship, No. 270, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Edward Jenner went beyond his medical work…

Industrial Revolution. Watt continued to make improvements to steam engines, and patented other important inventions, such as the rotary engine and a steam locomotive. His achievements were recognised by fellow scientists. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Society of London, and became a Foreign Associate of the…

In “Battle Royal” written by Ralph Ellison the grandson, is an inexperienced man, tormented by racism displayed towards him, but he is uncertain how to respond to those that mistreat him. Yearning to be a respectable member of society, he experiences hatred by those he tries to deliver a graduation speech to. The struggle the young man goes through to present his speech exposes themes such as “survival of the fittest”, racism, and blindness. “Survival of the fittest” is one of the…

100 years of this nation’s history, culture and the way in which society acts as a whole has evolved drastically. Without a doubt, the story of “Battle Royal” displays this fact very well. The author, Ralph Ellison, tactfully uses artful wording and vividly makes his writing come alive to captivate his readers. The main character in his story is a young African American man who experiences struggle in a so called, “battle royal.” Although he ends up victorious in the end, he had to struggle…

Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest minds of the 17th century Scientific Revolution. He helped develop the principles of modern physics and also a new type of math called calculus. His book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica has been called the single most influential book on physics (“Sir Isaac Newton”, 2014). Despite all this, he remained a humble man who once said, “If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants (“Isaac Newton”, n.d.)”.…

page to the Grand Master Antonio Manuel de Villena, who granted him the title of Commander of Aliaga in Aragon. Which means that he received his first title when he was 14. In 1729, when he was 16, he returned to Spain and applied for entry to the Royal Company of Marine Guards also known as the Spanish military school for naval officers. He entered the academy in 1730 and studied modern technical and…

Paralysis Agitans or Shaking Palsy is characterized by an “involuntary tremulous motion, with lessened muscular power” (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2002). This condition is now known as Parkinson’s disease after the person who first described it. James Parkinson, the first child of Mary and John Parkinson, was born at 1 Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London, on April 11, 1775. His father, John, was a member of the Anatomical Warden of the Surgeon’s Company and worked as an apothecary and a…

Sex, Violence and Power. Three primal urges that create a divide and contrast between fellow human beings. We see the devastating effects and the sheer volatility of these components in Ralph Ellison’s short story “Battle Royal”. In the story we find a young black boy who is showered with adulation from not only his community, but also by the wealthy and influential white people of the region as well. This only exsterbates the constant torment the young man feels, due to the fact that he cannot…

Nine Horses: Concepts without Correlation “Nine Horses”, by Billy Collins, is a set of poems that address the various problems in today’s world. Each poem tackles an issue in society. For example, “Royal Aristocrat”, talks about the fear of not impacting the world, or not doing anything worthwhile with our lives. Another poem, “Velocity”, teaches the reader to to think into the future, and about how we all speed through our lives. This speeding is what results in the advancement of the human…

Cambridge where he studied a diverse field of topics. He graduated and earned a master of arts in 1791 and became a fellow at the institution. He became a professor of political economy at the East India Company College. He earned the position in 1805 and held the professorship for the remainder of his quiet and comfortable life. Fourteen years after, he was elected a fellow to the Royal Society which later led to him becoming a member of the Political Economy Club. In this organization he met…