ORGANIZATION

Founded 1754, granted a Royal Charter in 1847.

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

Founding Date:
1754

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leo Baekeland	Scientist	14-Nov-1863	23-Feb-1944	Father of plastics
Jacques Barzun	Historian	30-Nov-1907	25-Oct-2012	From Dawn to Decadence
Melvyn Bragg	TV Personality	6-Oct-1939		The South Bank Show
George Washington Carver	Botanist	c. 1860	5-Jan-1943	Crop rotation and peanut butter
Aaron Copland	Composer	14-Nov-1900	2-Dec-1990	Fanfare for the Common Man
Charles Dickens	Novelist	7-Feb-1812	9-Jun-1870	Oliver Twist
John Diefenbaker	Head of State	18-Sep-1895	16-Aug-1979	Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63
E. C. Dodds	Scientist	13-Oct-1899	16-Dec-1973	Diethylstilbestrol
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
Timothy Garton Ash	Historian	12-Jul-1955		In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent
Richard Gregory	Psychologist	24-Jul-1923	17-May-2010	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
James C. Humes	Government	31-Oct-1934		Speechwriter to five Presidents
Robin Leigh-Pemberton	Business	5-Jan-1927	24-Nov-2013	Governor of the Bank of England, 1983-93
Raymond Loewy	Designer	5-Nov-1893	14-Jul-1986	Father of industrial design
Guglielmo Marconi	Scientist	25-Apr-1874	20-Jul-1937	Inventor of 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	Politician	12-Apr-1946		NATO Secretary General, 1999-2003
Marjorie Scardino	Business	25-Jan-1947		CEO of Pearson, 1997-2012
Glenn Seaborg	Physicist	19-Apr-1912	25-Feb-1999	Co-Discoverer of Plutonium
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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