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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.
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]
Anna Maria Fox (1816 in Falmouth–1897) promoted Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, from Fox family of Falmouth [55] Robert Barclay Fox (1817–1855), businessman, gardener and diarist, from the influential Quaker Fox family of Falmouth [56] Robert Kemp Philp (1819 in Falmouth–1882) was an English journalist, author and Chartist
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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 ...
1814: Royal Geological Society of Cornwall founded; 1815: The Davy lamp containing a candle is devised by Sir Humphry Davy. 1818: Royal Institution of Cornwall; 1832: Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society founded in Falmouth. 1834: Augustus Smith obtains the Isles of Scilly, and evicts the inhabitants of some of the smaller islands.