Lunar Society of Birmingham
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The Lunar Society of Birmingham was a British dinner club and informal learned society of prominent figures in the Midlands Enlightenment, including industrialists, natural philosophers and intellectu
Soho House in Handsworth, Birmingham, a regular venue for meetings of the Lunar Society
Matthew Boulton
Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Ducreux, 1777
Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1770 (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery)
Midlands Enlightenment
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The Midlands Enlightenment, also known as the West Midlands Enlightenment or the Birmingham Enlightenment, was a scientific, economic, political, cultural and legal manifestation of the Age of Enlight
Lunar Society of Birmingham
…The Lunar Society of Birmingham was a British dinner club and informal learned society of prominent figures in the Midlands Enlightenment, including industrialists, natural philosophers and intellectuals, who met regularly between 1765 and 1813 in Birmingham. At first called the Lunar…
A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in place of the Sun, by Joseph Wright of Derby