ORGANIZATION

Founded 1754, granted a Royal Charter in 1847.

Official Website:
http://www.thersa.org/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jacques Barzun	Historian	30-Nov-1907		From Dawn to Decadence
Aaron Copland	Composer	14-Nov-1900	2-Dec-1990	Fanfare for the Common Man
Charles Dickens	Author	7-Feb-1812	9-Jun-1870	English Victorian novelist
John Diefenbaker	Head of State	18-Sep-1895	16-Aug-1979	Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63
Benjamin Franklin	Diplomat	17-Jan-1706	17-Apr-1790	American founding father
R. Buckminster Fuller	Architect	12-Jul-1895	1-Jul-1983	Futurist, invented the geodesic dome
Thomas Gainsborough	Painter	14-May-1727	2-Aug-1788	Portrait and landscape painter
Richard Gregory	Psychologist	24-Jul-1923		Optical illusions and "hands-on" science
Henry A. Grunwald	Journalist	3-Dec-1922	26-Feb-2005	Managing Editor of Time, 1968-79
John Harvey-Jones	Business	16-Apr-1924	9-Jan-2008	Chairman of ICI, 1982-87
William Hogarth	Engraver	10-Nov-1697	26-Oct-1764	A Rake's Progress
Guglielmo Marconi	Scientist	25-Apr-1874	20-Jul-1937	Inventor of the radio
Karl Marx	Economist	5-May-1818	14-Mar-1883	Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Ian McEwan	Novelist	21-Jun-1948		Amsterdam
Joshua Reynolds	Painter	16-Jul-1723	23-Feb-1792	English portraitist
Andrew Roberts	Historian	13-Jan-1963		Eminent Churchillians
Lord Robertson	Government	12-Apr-1946		NATO Secretary General, 1999-2003
Marjorie Scardino	Business	25-Jan-1947		CEO of Pearson
Peter Ustinov	Actor	16-Apr-1921	28-Mar-2004	British stage actor
Robert Walmsley	Military	1-Feb-1941		Retired Royal Navy Admiral

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