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The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is dissolved.
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Wernerian Natural History Society
Learned society in Scotland (1808–58)
The Wernerian Natural History Society, commonly abbreviated as the Wernerian Society, was a learned society interested in the broad field of natural history, and saw papers presented on various topics such as mineralogy, plants, insects, and scholarly expeditions. The Society…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Learned society
Social entity established to pursue a scholarly field or academic discipline
A learned society is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honour conferred by election.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)