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The Spalding Gentlemen's Society is a learned society based in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, concerned with cultural, scientific and antiquarian subjects. It is Britain's oldest such provincial body, founded in 1710 by Maurice Johnson (1688–1755) of Ayscoughfee Hall.
Maurice Johnson (1688–1755), of Spalding, was the founder of 'The Gentlemen's Society' (Spalding Gentlemen's Society). [1] Johnson was educated at Spalding Grammar School. [1] He studied law. [1] In 1717 he assisted in the re-establishment of the Society of Antiquitaries (Society of Antiquaries of London). [1]
The Spalding Club was the name of three successive antiquarian and text publication societies founded in Aberdeen, which published scholarly editions of texts and archaeological studies relevant to the history of Aberdeenshire and its region. The clubs were named after the 17th-century historian John Spalding. [1]
Leaving Spalding about 1729, when a successor at the school was appointed, he moved to Peterborough, where he was minor canon from 24 March 1728–9 till 1745. While there he was secretary and joint founder, along with Joseph Sparke , the registrar of Peterborough, of the Gentleman's Society, founded on the lines of the Spalding society.
1916 - Spalding Arts and Crafts Society was founded by surgeons at the Johnson Hospital for convalescent soldiers wounded in the First World War. Spalding Town Council sponsored their first exhibition in 1918; 1921 - Spalding United F.C. was formed; 1923 - Spalding RFC was formed
Spalding Gentlemen's Society, English club founded in 1710 at Spalding, Lincolnshire; Spalding Grammar School, a selective school on Priory Road in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England; Spalding High School (disambiguation), the name of several high schools; Spalding House, a historic building belonging to the Honolulu Museum of Art
Society of Gentlemen can refer to: A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland , pseudonym of the authors of the Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition Spalding Gentlemen's Society , a learned society of the United Kingdom, was founded in 1710
He became Vicar of St Mary and St Nicolas, Spalding in 1626. [4] In 1637 he established a Parish Library, [4] the books from which are in the care of Spalding Gentlemen's Society. During the English Civil War he was taken from his home by Royalists ("Cavaliers") and held hostage in Crowland.