Royal Agricultural Society of England

Royal Agricultural Society of England
MottoPractice with Science Edit this on Wikidata
Established1838 Edit this on Wikidata (186 years ago)
Chief ExecutivesDavid Grint Edit this on Wikidata
Revenue623,000 pound sterling (2020) Edit this on Wikidata
Employees2 (2020) Edit this on Wikidata

Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) bookplate.

The Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) promotes the scientific development of English agriculture. It was established in 1838 with the motto "Practice with Science"[1] and was known as the English Agricultural Society until it received its Royal Charter and present name from Queen Victoria in 1840.[2]

The organization's purpose was to support agricultural research, education and practice, connecting scientists and farmers.[3] The first Royal Agricultural Show was held in 1839. The Royal became an important yearly event in Victorian life. Towns competed to host the week-long national agricultural show, which was held in a different location each year. It was widely reported about by both agricultural and general newspapers.[1] From 1969 until 2009, the Royal Show was held at Stoneleigh Park, near Kenilworth, in Warwickshire.[4]

From 1840 to 2002 the organization published the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.[5][6][7] The society presents a number of awards yearly at its annual Bledisloe Day.[8] Archives of the society are held at the Museum of English Rural Life.[9][10] Additional materials are held at Stoneleigh.[11]

  1. ^ a b Hearth, J. D. M. (1 July 1976). "The Royal Agricultural Society of England and the National Agricultural Centre". Agricultural Administration. 3 (3): 203–216. doi:10.1016/0309-586X(76)90015-7. ISSN 0309-586X.
  2. ^ "RASE". RASE. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ^ Miskell, Louise (2012). "Putting on a show: the Royal Agricultural Society of England and the Victorian town, c.1840—1876". The Agricultural History Review. 60 (1): 37–59. ISSN 0002-1490. JSTOR 23317130.
  4. ^ McSmith, Andy (7 July 2009). "The Big Question: What is the Royal Show, and why is it coming to an end after 170 years? | The Independent". The Independent. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England". Royal Agricultural Society of England. 1840.
  6. ^ W., R. (March 1902). "The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England". Nature. 65 (1691): 483. doi:10.1038/065483a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  7. ^ "History". www.rase.org.uk.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Persad was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Royal Agricultural Society of England". The MERL.
  10. ^ "Royal Agricultural Society of England Collection". Museum of English Rural Life. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  11. ^ de Silva, Carrie (2019). A Short History of Agricultural Education and Research in the UK: some key events, institutions and publications from the 16th to the 21st centuries (PDF). Newport, Shropshire: Harper Adams University. pp. 58–60.