The Wilkins Lecture The Wilkins Lecture Fund was established in 1947 by means of an endowment of £1000 by Mr JD Griffith Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Society from 1937 to 1946 for the purpose of founding a lectureship in the history of science, to be called the Wilkins Lecture after John Wilkins, first Secretary of the Society. In accordance with the wishes of the donor, his gift is associated with the names of Margaret Ann Davies and Elizabeth Kellogg Chase, in whose memory it was made. The lecture is given triennially. A gift of £500 is associated with the lecture. 2000 Roy Porter – Reflections on scientific and medical futurology since the time of John Wilkins 1997 Desmond King-Hele – Erasmus Darwin: the Lunaticks and evolution. 1994 Allan Chapman – Edmond Halley as a historian of science. 1991 Stephen Mason – Bishop John Wilkins FRS (1614–1672): analogies of thought-style in the Protestant Reformation and early modern science. Royal Society I News & Media I Events Diary I Grants & Funding I Science for all I Science Policy I Library I Publications I Facilities I Fellows Room I Search I Home

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