Bakerian Lecture

Bakerian Lecture

The Bakerian Lecture is a prize lecture of the Royal Society, a lecture on physical sciences.

In 1775 Henry Baker left £100 for a spoken lecture by a Fellow "on such part of natural history or experimental philosophy" as the Society shall determine.

External links

* [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=1790 Bakerian Lecture page at official Royal Society website]


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