Geological Society of London

Geological Society of London
Formation13 November 1807 (1807-11-13)
Founded atFreemasons Tavern, Great Queen Street
London, WC2
TypeLearned society
Registration no.210161
HeadquartersBurlington House, Piccadilly
London, W1
Coordinates51°30′32″N 0°8′22″W / 51.50889°N 0.13944°W / 51.50889; -0.13944
Membership
12,000
Websitewww.geolsoc.org.uk
The Geological Society offices in Burlington House, Piccadilly, London

The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society,[1] is a learned society based in the United Kingdom. It is the oldest national geological society in the world and the largest in Europe, with more than 12,000 Fellows.

Fellows are entitled to the postnominal FGS (Fellow of the Geological Society), over 2,000 of whom are Chartered Geologists (CGeol). The Society is a registered charity, no. 210161. It is also a member of the Science Council, and is licensed to award Chartered Scientist to qualifying members.

The mission of the society is: "Making geologists acquainted with each other, stimulating their zeal, inducing them to adopt one nomenclature, facilitating the communication of new facts and ascertaining what is known in their science and what remains to be discovered".[2]

  1. ^ The Geological Society Archived 2010-08-17 at the Wayback Machine, UK.
  2. ^ Andrew Scott,Stephen Pumfrey, Leucha Veneer (12 April 2012). "Early Geology". In our time. 1 minutes in. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

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