The Select Society

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The Select Society, established as The St. Giles Society but soon renamed, was an intellectual society in 18th century Edinburgh.[1]

The Select Society initially had fifteen members who included:

By the end of its first year, The Select Society had eighty three members.[5] Some years later, some of the members established The Poker Club.[6]

In 1755 the Select Society founded a subsidiary body: the Edinburgh Society for Encouraging Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, and Agriculture in Scotland.

References

  1. ↑ Emerson, Roger L. The Social Composition of Enlightened Scotland: The Select Society of Edinburgh, 1754–1764. (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century) (1973)
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  4. ↑ "The Monros of Auchinbowie and Cognate Families". By John Alexander Inglis. Edinburgh. Printed privately by T and A Constable. Printers to His Majesty. 1911.
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  6. ↑ The Poker Club (1762–1784)

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