Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society of Arts ( RSA), actually: Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce ( Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, the industrial products and commercial enterprise ) is a British cultural institution that has taken on the task, a platform to provide for critical discussion and new ideas so as to promote the education in the 21st century. The company acts according to four principles: autonomy, commitment, honesty and openness.
The Royal Society was founded in 1754 and has its headquarters in London. Patron is Elizabeth II, President since 2011 Princess Anne.
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History
The RSA was founded in 1754 by William Shipley and had the Dublin Society for Improving Husbandry, Manufactures and other useful arts as a model. In 1774 the company moved into a building in the center of London a that of the Adam Brothers ( James Adam and Robert Adam ) was designed. This building in John Adam Street is still used by the RSA and includes the Great Room painting by the Irish artist James Barry. In addition, the company has expanded over the years to other buildings.
The RSA organized in 1760 with great success Britain's first exhibition of contemporary art. Due to this success, the Royal Academy of Arts was founded in 1768 by Sir Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds, two early members of the RSA was founded.
The RSA was awarded in 1847 the special status of the Royal Charter (Royal Charter). In 1876, the RSA, the National Training School for Music in London, which later became the Royal College of Music. 1908 King Edward VII granted the use Royal on behalf of the RSA.
In 1936, the RSA awarded for the first time the distinction Royal Designer for Industry (RDI ). This award is intended to honor those who have created excellent design in the field of manufacturing and industry. The Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry was established then and is designed to promote design and the application for the industry. Professionals from different fields such as engineering, furniture, clothing and textile design, graphic design, theater and film design are represented in the Faculty.
An example of the success of the RSA was recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary. The dictionary collected in 1980 from a Journal of RSA the first use of the word sustainability (sustainability ) in relation to environmental economics.
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Membership
Worldwide, there are about 27,000 members ( fellows ) who pursue the objectives and principles of the organization in more than 70 countries. Among the members, there are members of all professional groups, such as Entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, journalists, architects, engineers, commercial clerk and other professional groups.
The paid membership is on the recording guidelines open to anyone who uses in a particular way in a society near- field for the common good, and can be done by self-nominations to the proposal of another member or by invitation by a member of the Board of Trustees of the RSA. In addition to the admission fee a regular annual membership fee is payable. Members have the right to use the abbreviation FRSA ( Fellow of the RSA) to lead a so-called suffix with comma after the last name (for example, "John Doe, FRSA "); but this is not, this is an academic degree, an academic honor or a religious order.
Famous members (selection)
- Robert Adam, Scottish architect, father of British classicism and the main representative of the Adam style
- Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, British politician ( Conservative Party )
- Timothy Garton Ash, a British historian and writer
- Robert Baden -Powell, a British cavalry officer and founder of the Scout Movement
- Janet Baker, British singer
- Tim Berners -Lee, inventor of HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and the founder of the World Wide Web
- Elizabeth Carnegie, Carnegie of Lour, Baroness, British farmer and politician of the Conservative Party.
- George Washington Carver, botanist, chemist and inventor in agricultural research in the Southern United States
- Henry Cole, English civil servant and initiator of the World Exhibition
- Elizabeth Craig ( chef ), Scottish cook and journalist
- Rupert Davies, English actor
- Edmund de Waal, English Pottery, professor and author
- Judi Dench, British actress ( in the role of "M" in the James Bond )
- Charles Dickens, English writer
- John Diefenbaker, former Prime Minister of Canada
- Jonathan Evans, MEP for the Conservative Party of Wales, member of the European People's Party.
- Allen Fairhall, Australian Broadcasting pioneer and politician
- Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America
- Thomas Gainsborough, English painter
- AC Grayling, British philosopher and writer
- Beryl Grey, British Prima Ballerina
- John Robert Hall, English clergyman and Dean of Westminster
- Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist and astrophysicist
- William Hogarth, English painter and graphic artist
- Peter Jonas, Manager of British culture and opera director
- Glenys Kinnock, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, British politician ( Labour Party )
- David Kossoff, English actor and writer
- Hector Laing, Baron Laing of Dunphail, British business leaders, businessman, politician and Life Peer
- Dickson Mabon, British politician
- Raphael Maklouf, British sculptor, creator of a coin portraits of Elizabeth II
- Kenan Malik, a British writer, university lecturer and radio journalist of Indian origin
- Guglielmo Marconi, Italian researchers, Nobel Prize winner, entrepreneur and pioneer of wireless telecommunications
- Karl Marx, philosopher and economist
- Ian McEwan, British writer
- Rosamond McKitterick, British historian
- Daphne Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth, British politician, the Conservative Party and a diplomat
- Angier March Perkins, inventor in the field of steam engineering
- Joshua Reynolds, English painter
- Teresa Ann Savoy, English - Italian actress
- Marjorie Scardino, American Manager
- John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of York and Primate of England
- Steve Shirley, British businesswoman and philanthropist
- Adam Smith, the founder of classical economics
- Peter Ustinov, English actor
- Iain Vallance, Baron Vallance of Tummel, business manager. Politician of the Liberal Democrats
- David Verney, 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke, British peer
- Robert of Dassanowsky, Austrian-American German literature, film historian, writer and film producer
- Benjamin West, the first internationally significant American painter
- Frank Whittle, English pilot and inventor of the steel actuator drive
- Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan astrophysicist
- William Wilberforce, the British parliamentarian and leader in the fight against the slave trade
- Michael Wilford, British architect
Recent Activity
The organization is registered in the Royal Charter and recognized as a charity in England.
Each year a number of honorary degrees will be awarded, among others, the Albert Medal, the Benjamin Franklin Medal, and the Bicentenary Medal. Medal carriers include Nelson Mandela and Professor Stephen Hawking.
In the UK and Ireland, the RSA provides various regional activities to stimulate the members for mutual exchange. In addition, the RSA is represented in Belgium, Australia, India, South Africa and the USA.
Events
The Company performs a variety of public events designed to encourage the free and progressive thinking. After such an event, audio and video files on the website are provided. The building of the RSA can be rented by non-members for conferences, parties and weddings.
Projects
In July 2008, the RSA to support a school in Tipton, which was opened as the RSA Academy in September 2008 began.
Current projects deal with the themes of art and ecology, civil rights, design and society, education, public services and technologies in cold climates. Earlier projects included the provision of drinking water in developing countries, the rethinking of intellectual property ( Published as the Adelphi Charter ), and studies on the control of international migration.