Search Results for "James Burrow"

Succession

history of science
Jon Bushell
05 June 2023
5 mins

Jon Bushell tells the stories of some of the longer and shorter Presidential terms at the Royal Society - and one famous scientist who refused the job altogether.

Misogallus on the warpath

history of science
Rupert Baker
25 August 2015
5 mins

Why was Royal Society President Sir Joseph Banks on the receiving end of stinging criticism in 1802, and who was 'Misogallus'? Rupert Baker investigates.