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The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (commonly known as The Poly) is an educational, cultural and scientific charity, [1] as well as a local arts and cinema venue, based in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The Society exists to promote innovation in the arts and sciences.
The idea for the foundation of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society was created by Anna Maria, Barclay and Caroline Fox, in 1832, when they were 17, 16 and 13, respectively. Their parents, uncles and aunts and their friends took up the idea with enthusiasm.
Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1832 [4] Royal Dublin Society 1731 [5] Royal Economic Society 1902 [6] Royal Entomological Society 1833; Royal Geographical Society 1830 [7] Royal Geological Society of Cornwall 1814 [8] Royal Geological Society of Ireland 1831 – 1934 [9] Royal Historical Society 1868; Royal Horticultural Society 1804 and ...
She focused her efforts along the southern shores of Cornwall, mainly around the River Fal basin, with particular attention to marine algae (seaweeds) and cryptogams. Warren was a founding member of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society (RCPS), and she worked closely with the Royal Horticultural Society of Cornwall (RCHS). [2]
Collins was the founding Secretary of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1876 and was involved in founding the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, becoming its Vice-President in 1892. He also lectured for, and was secretary of, The Miners Association of Cornwall and Devon, succeeding Sir Clement Le Neve Foster in 1867. [5]
He was president of the Polytechnic Society for 1871 and 1872, in connection with which institution he founded in 1841 the Lander prizes for maps and essays on geographical districts. He was president of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall from 1864 to 1867, and president of the Miners' Association of Cornwall and Devon from 1861 to 1863 ...
Some polytechnics trace their history back to the early 19th century. The first British institution to use the name "polytechnic" was the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society in 1832, which it still retains, together with the affectionate nickname "The Poly". [citation needed]
They became friends and spent the next decade researching Cornish and collecting tidbits of traditional Cornish. These were published in a series of papers which were read both to the Royal Institution of Cornwall and the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. [3] Jenner and Nance formed the first Old Cornwall Society in St Ives in 1920. Its motto ...