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| Formation | 13 November 1807 |
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| Founded at | Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen Street London, WC2 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Registration no. | 210161 |
| Headquarters | Burlington House, Piccadilly London, W1 |
| Coordinates | 51°30′31″N 0°8′20″W / 51.50861°N 0.13889°W |
Membership | 12,000 |
| Website | www |
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]
- ^ The Geological Society Archived 17 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine, UK.
- ^ Andrew Scott,Stephen Pumfrey, Leucha Veneer (12 April 2012). "Early Geology". In our time. 1 minutes in. BBC Radio 4. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.