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Royal Scottish Society of Arts

May 16, 2023

"FRSSA" redirects here. Not to be confused with FRSSAf, a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is a learned society in Scotland, dedicated to the study of science and technology. It was founded as The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland by Sir David Brewster in 1821 and dedicated to "the promotion of invention and enterprise". The Society was granted a Royal Charter in 1841.

Background

For many years the promotion of invention and improvements of all sorts was the main business of the Society, and its meetings were the focus of a large and active cross-section of Edinburgh society - academics, gentry, professionals such as civil engineers and lawyers, and skilled craftsmen such as instrument makers, engravers and printers. The Society's published Transactions provide a record of changes in technology, and the Society's archive is held by the National Library of Scotland, and is a valuable resource to researchers.

In more recent times, the Society's meeting programme has been based on lectures given by expert and often distinguished speakers. The lectures cover a wide range of scientific and technical topics, and still with the original aim of keeping the membership informed about current concerns in science, engineering, medicine, and often with a topical edge.

Meetings of the Society are held in Edinburgh monthly, at 7pm on Monday evenings, from October or November to May or June. In addition, organised visits are made each year to a research, manufacturing or industrial establishment.

Presidents of the Society

Presidents of the society have been:[1]

Awards

The society awards the Makdougall Brisbane medal, founded by Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane.[2] This award is not to be confused with the similarly named award given by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Recipients have included:

Arms

Coat of arms of Royal Scottish Society of Arts
Notes
Granted 11 May 1978
Crest
The head of the goddess Athena contournée helmeted Proper.
Torse
Sable and Or.
Escutcheon
Or between two eagle owls heads affrontée Proper a torch Sable paleways enflamed Gules on a chief Azure a saltire Argent all within a bordure Ermine.
Supporters
Dexter a scientist and sinister an artisan both in the habit of the early 19th century the former bearing in his dexter hand a balance and the latter in his sinister hand a perpendiculum. [6]
Motto
Pro Scientia Et Arte

External links

  • Royal Scottish Society of Arts

References

  1. ^ "Past Presidents". Royal Scottish Society of Arts. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  2. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica: 11th Edition.
  3. ^ "Story: Beverly, Arthur". Te Ara. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  4. ^ "'Harnessing the winds': Professor James Blyth, pioneer of renewable energy". stratharchives. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Sir Thomas Brisbane Special". Australasian Planetarium Society. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Royal Scottish Society of the Arts". Heraldry of the World. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

May 16, 2023
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FRSSA redirects here Not to be confused with FRSSAf a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is a learned society in Scotland dedicated to the study of science and technology It was founded as The Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland by Sir David Brewster in 1821 and dedicated to the promotion of invention and enterprise The Society was granted a Royal Charter in 1841 Contents 1 Background 2 Presidents of the Society 3 Awards 4 Arms 5 External links 6 ReferencesBackground EditFor many years the promotion of invention and improvements of all sorts was the main business of the Society and its meetings were the focus of a large and active cross section of Edinburgh society academics gentry professionals such as civil engineers and lawyers and skilled craftsmen such as instrument makers engravers and printers The Society s published Transactions provide a record of changes in technology and the Society s archive is held by the National Library of Scotland and is a valuable resource to researchers In more recent times the Society s meeting programme has been based on lectures given by expert and often distinguished speakers The lectures cover a wide range of scientific and technical topics and still with the original aim of keeping the membership informed about current concerns in science engineering medicine and often with a topical edge Meetings of the Society are held in Edinburgh monthly at 7pm on Monday evenings from October or November to May or June In addition organised visits are made each year to a research manufacturing or industrial establishment Presidents of the Society EditPresidents of the society have been 1 Duke of Buccleuch 1832 1836 Marquess of Tweeddale 1836 37 John Graham Dalyell 1837 40 Andrew Fyfe 1840 41 John Robison 1841 42 James L Amy 1842 43 Thomas Stewart Traill 1843 44 John Shank More 1844 45 Sir George MacKenzie 1845 46 David Maclagan 1846 47 George Buchanan 1847 48 John Cay 1848 49 Thomas Grainger 1849 51 George Lees 1851 52 David Stevenson 1852 53 Rev P Holland 1853 54 David Rhind 1854 55 George Wilson 1855 57 Edward Sang 1857 58 Charles Piazzi Smyth 1858 59 Thomas Stevenson 1859 60 Alexander Bryson 1860 61 Patrick Newbigging 1861 62 Stevenson Macadam 1862 64 Charles Cowan 1864 65 Frederick Hallard 1865 66 George Robertson 1866 68 David Stevenson 1868 69 Robert William Thomson 1869 71 Thomas Ivory 1871 73 Prof Thomas Croxen Archer 1873 75 John Milne 1875 77 Dr Robert McNair Ferguson 1877 79 George Blanshard 1879 80 Henry Cadell 1880 82 Prof William Swan 1882 85 David Bruce Peebles 1885 87 Francis Brodie Imlach 1887 89 John H A MacDonald 1889 91 Alexander Leslie 1891 93 Dr William Taylor 1893 95 George Frederick Armstrong 1895 97 Andrew Beatson Bell 1897 99 William Ivison Macadam 1899 1901 Francis Grant Ogilvie 1901 03 Dawson Turner 1901 05 Thomas Hudson Beare 1905 1908 William Allan Carter 1908 11 William Graham Youll 1911 12 Col Alex Ogilvie 1912 21 Richard Stanfield 1921 23 James Robert Milne FRSE 1923 25 Robert Stuart Pilcher 1925 27 W A Williams 1927 29 Edwin Seddon 1929 31 Henry Briggs 1931 34 Charles J Cousland 1934 36 Alexander Robert Horne 1936 38 Alexander Steuart 1938 40 William G Maxwell 1940 42 Robert Aitken 1942 44 George Herbert Liston Foulis 1944 46 John T Jeffrey 1946 48 Christopher Y Johnson 1948 50 James Cameron Smail 1950 53 Robert Waldron Plenderleith 1953 56 Eric Openshaw Taylor 1956 58 James Wallace 1958 60 G Struan Marshall 1960 63 John Lochore 1963 65 Norman G Matthew 1965 68 Alistair G Thomson 1968 71 J Forbes Fowler 1971 74 John A G Copland 1974 77 Gordon R Nicoll 1977 80 Malcolm W Thomson 1980 83 Graeme H Menzies 1983 86 Robert G McLeod 1986 89 William P Small 1989 93 Harry Ogden 1993 97 Allen D C Simpson 1997 2002 Stuart Monro 2002 05 Anthony Busuttil 2005 08 Robin Harper 2008 11 Ian Robson 2011 14 Stuart Monro 2015 16 Dr Alison Morrison Low 2017 Awards EditThe society awards the Makdougall Brisbane medal founded by Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane 2 This award is not to be confused with the similarly named award given by the Royal Society of Edinburgh Recipients have included 1865 Arthur Beverly for his planimeter 3 David Stevenson 1815 1886 civil engineer c 1890 William Galt Black for his wind gauge 1892 James Blyth for his wind turbine 4 1910 David Thomas Gwynne Vaughan c 1923 Dawson Turner 1857 1928 pioneer radiologist and D M R Crombie for their paper on An Investigation of the Ionised Atmosphere around Flames by means of an Electrified Pith Ball William Dyce Cay 1838 1925 2016 Dr Alison Morrison Low 5 Arms EditCoat of arms of Royal Scottish Society of Arts Notes Granted 11 May 1978 Crest The head of the goddess Athena contournee helmeted Proper Torse Sable and Or Escutcheon Or between two eagle owls heads affrontee Proper a torch Sable paleways enflamed Gules on a chief Azure a saltire Argent all within a bordure Ermine Supporters Dexter a scientist and sinister an artisan both in the habit of the early 19th century the former bearing in his dexter hand a balance and the latter in his sinister hand a perpendiculum 6 Motto Pro Scientia Et ArteExternal links EditRoyal Scottish Society of ArtsReferences Edit Past Presidents Royal Scottish Society of Arts Retrieved 3 April 2017 Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Edition Story Beverly Arthur Te Ara Retrieved 3 April 2017 Harnessing the winds Professor James Blyth pioneer of renewable energy stratharchives Retrieved 2 May 2018 Sir Thomas Brisbane Special Australasian Planetarium Society 10 April 2016 Retrieved 24 July 2018 Royal Scottish Society of the Arts Heraldry of the World Retrieved 11 September 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Royal Scottish Society of Arts amp oldid 1153996665, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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