Royal Institution of Cornwall

Founding of the Society

Year	Authority / Notes
1818	This date is supported by its website. Angela Broome, Librarian Archivist of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, kindly supplied (via an email message of 2005, August 10) the following information on the very early history of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. On 5th February 1818 a meeting was held in Truro when a philosophical Institution was proposed `to be formed' i.e. the Cornwall Philosophical Institution [ref: West Briton newspaper: 6/2/1818 page 2 col.3 and page 3 col.1]. A follow-up meeting was held just four weeks later on 2nd March 1818 when the officers were elected and the outline and purpose of this new institution were set down under the name the Cornwall Literary and Philosophical Institution [ref: West Briton 6th March 1818 page 4 col.1-3]. Some months later on 13th October 1818 the Opening Lecture of the Cornwall Literary and Philosophical Institution was delivered at The Town Hall, Truro [ref: West Briton: 16 October 1818 page 2 col.4]. Its website indicates that it took its current name (Royal Institution of Cornwall) in 1821 after receiving Royal patronage.

Year

Authority / Notes

1818

This date is supported by its website.

Angela Broome, Librarian Archivist of the Royal Institution of Cornwall, kindly supplied (via an email message of 2005, August 10) the following information on the very early history of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. On 5th February 1818 a meeting was held in Truro when a philosophical Institution was proposed `to be formed' i.e. the Cornwall Philosophical Institution [ref: West Briton newspaper: 6/2/1818 page 2 col.3 and page 3 col.1]. A follow-up meeting was held just four weeks later on 2nd March 1818 when the officers were elected and the outline and purpose of this new institution were set down under the name the Cornwall Literary and Philosophical Institution [ref: West Briton 6th March 1818 page 4 col.1-3]. Some months later on 13th October 1818 the Opening Lecture of the Cornwall Literary and Philosophical Institution was delivered at The Town Hall, Truro [ref: West Briton: 16 October 1818 page 2 col.4].

Its website indicates that it took its current name (Royal Institution of Cornwall) in 1821 after receiving Royal patronage.

Name of the Society

Dates	Name	Authority
1818 - 1821	Cornwall Literary and Philosophical Institution	West Briton 6th March 1818 page 4 col.1-3 gives this as the founding name in 1818. Its website gives 1821 as the year when its name changed.
1821 -	Royal Institution of Cornwall	Its website establishes this name from 1821; its publications establish this name from 1822 onwards.

Dates

Name

Authority

1818 - 1821

Cornwall Literary and Philosophical Institution

West Briton 6th March 1818 page 4 col.1-3 gives this as the founding name in 1818.

Its website gives 1821 as the year when its name changed.

1821 -

Royal Institution of Cornwall

Its website establishes this name from 1821; its publications establish this name from 1822 onwards.

Website of the Society

Royal Institution of Cornwall Website = http://www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/

Journals of the Society

Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1864, Mar. - 1942 (v. 1-25); 1951 - 1990 (n.s., v. 1-10); 1991 - (n.s. 2, v. 1- ) A	Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall Includes the Reports of the Institution, which, prior to the establishment of the Journal, were issued separately. Indexed RSLC [Cambridge Univ. cat.]	Cornwall, Journ. Roy. Instit. RSLC, v.7, p.xiii. Cornwall Roy. Inst. Jl. RSLC, v.12, p.xiii; v.13, p.xxx. J. Roy. Inst. Cornwall Economic History Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1955), p.125 cites (n.s.), II, I. J. Roy. Inst. of Cornwall Brit. J. Educ. Studies., Vol. 14, No. 1 (Nov., 1965), p.59 cites x, 1890-1. J. Roy. Instn. Cornwall J. Animal Ecology, Vol. 24, No. 1 (May, 1955), p.55 cites 50 (1904). Jl R. Instn. Cornwall Phil. Trans., Vol. 276, No. 946 (Jan. 25, 1977), p.318 cites N.S. 4, 1963. Jnl. R. Inst. Cornwall Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Aug., 1969), p.329 cites n.s. v. Jnl. Roy. Inst. Cornwall Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 13, No. 3 (1961), p.471 cites N.S. III, 1958. Jnl. Roy. Inst. of Cornwall Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1964), p.540 cites IV. Jnl. Royal Inst. Cornwall Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Aug., 1967), p.383 cites v. Jnl. Royal Inst. of Cornwall Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 12, No. 3 (1960), p.536 cites N.S. III, 1957. Jour. Roy. Inst. Cornwall Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1966), p.441 cites IV. Journ. Instit. of Cornwall J. Roy. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 35 (Jul. - Dec., 1905), p.259 cites vi. Journ. R. Inst. Cornwall Science, New Series, Vol. 5, No. 118 (Apr. 2, 1897), p.555 cites 1865. Journ. Roy. Inst. Cornwall Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Aug., 1967), p.384 cites IV. Journ. Royal Inst. Cornwall J. Roman. Studies., Vol. 43 (1953), p.123 cites n.s. 1. Journal of Royal Inst. of Cornwall Folklore, Vol. 69, No. 1 (Mar., 1958), p.37 cites Vol. XIX, 1913. Journal of the Royal Inst. of Cornwall Folklore, Vol. 73, No. 4 (Winter, 1962), p.274 cites Vol. iv, 1886.

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