The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London (a building owned by the UK government), and is a registered charity.
Membership
Members of the Society are known as Fellows and are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FSA after their names. Fellows are elected by existing members of the Society, and to be elected persons shall be "excelling in the knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other nations" and be "desirous to promote the honour, business and emoluments of the Society."
The Society retains a highly selective election procedure, in comparison with many other learned societies. Nominations for Fellowship can only come from existing Fellows of the Society, and must be signed by at least five and up to twelve existing Fellows, certifying that, from their personal knowledge, the candidate would make a worthy Fellow. Elections then occur by anonymous ballot, and a candidate must achieve a ratio of four ‘yes' votes for every ‘no' vote cast by Fellows participating in the ballot to be elected as a Fellow.
The Seven and Five Society was an art group of seven painters and five sculptors created in 1919 and based in London.
The group was originally intended to encompass traditional, conservative artistic sensibilities. The first exhibition catalogue said, "[we] feel that there has of late been too much pioneering along too many lines in altogether too much of a hurry." Abstract artist Ben Nicholson joined in 1924, followed by others such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth, and changed the society into a modernistic one and expelled the non-modernist artists. In 1935, the group was renamed the Seven and Five Abstract Group. At the Zwemmer Gallery in Charing Cross Road, London they staged the first exhibition of entirely abstract works in Britain.
Die Globalisierungsfalle: Der Angriff auf Demokratie und Wohlstand is a 1996 non-fiction book by Hans-Peter Martin (born 1957 in Bregenz , Austria), and Harald Schumann (born 1957 in Kassel, Germany), that describes possible implications of current trends in globalisation. It was published in English as The Global Trap: Civilization and the Assault on Democracy and Prosperity in 1997. At this time, both authors were editors of the news magazine Der Spiegel. From 1999 to 2014, Hans-Peter Martin, who is stated in the book to be one of just three journalists to be allowed to take part in all activities at the Fairmont convention, was a member of the European Parliament.
The book was a best-seller in the author's native Germany and went on to be a worldwide bestseller with over 800,000 copies sold and translated into 27 languages.
In particular, the book is known for defining a possible "20/80 society". In this possible society of the 21st century, 20 percent of the working age population will be enough to keep the world economy going. The other 80 percent live on some form of welfare and are entertained with a concept called "tittytainment", which aims at keeping the 80 percent of frustrated citizens happy with a mixture of deadeningly predictable, lowest common denominator entertainment for the soul and nourishment for the body.
The Seven Society (founded 1905) is the most secretive of the University of Virginia'ssecret societies. Members are only revealed after their death, when a wreath of black magnolias in the shape of a "7" is placed at the gravesite, the bell tower of the University Chapel chimes at seven-second intervals on the seventh dissonant chord when it is seven past the hour, and a notice is published in the University's Alumni News, and often in the Cavalier Daily. The most visible tradition of the society is the painting of the logo of the society, the number 7 surrounded by the signs for alpha (A), omega (Ω), and infinity (∞), and sometimes several stars, upon many buildings around the grounds of the University.
There is no clear history of the founding of the society. There is a legend that, of eight men who planned to meet for a card game, only seven showed up, and they formed the society. Other histories claim that the misbehavior of other secret societies, specifically the Hot Feet (later the IMP Society), led University President Edwin A. Alderman to call both the Hot Feet and the Z Society into his office and suggest that a more "beneficial organization" was needed.
Charles Dickens' works are especially associated with London which is the setting for many of his novels. These works do not just use London as a backdrop but are about the city and its character.
Dickens described London as a Magic lantern, a popular entertainment of the Victorian era, which projected images from slides. Of all Dickens' characters 'none played as important a role in his work as that of London itself', it fired his imagination and made him write. In a letter to John Forster, in 1846, Dickens wrote 'a day in London sets me up and starts me', but outside of the city, 'the toil and labour of writing, day after day, without that magic lantern is IMMENSE!!'
However, of the identifiable London locations that Dickens used in his work, scholar Clare Pettitt notes that many no longer exist, and, while 'you can track Dickens' London, and see where things were, but they aren't necessarily still there'.
In addition to his later novels and short stories, Dickens' descriptions of London, published in various newspapers in the 1830s, were released as a collected edition Sketches by Boz in 1836.
London is a poem by Samuel Johnson, produced shortly after he moved to London. Written in 1738, it was his first major published work. The poem in 263 lines imitates Juvenal's Third Satire, expressed by the character of Thales as he decides to leave London for Wales. Johnson imitated Juvenal because of his fondness for the Roman poet and he was following a popular 18th-century trend of Augustan poets headed by Alexander Pope that favoured imitations of classical poets, especially for young poets in their first ventures into published verse.
London was published anonymously and in multiple editions during 1738. It quickly received critical praise, notably from Pope. This would be the second time that Pope praised one of Johnson's poems; the first being for Messiah, Johnson's Latin translation of Pope's poem. Part of that praise comes from the political basis of the poem. From a modern view, the poem is outshined by Johnson's later poem, The Vanity of Human Wishes as well as works like his A Dictionary of the English Language, his Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, and his periodical essays for The Rambler, The Idler, and The Adventurer.
Roman London and Britannia by Charles Roach Smith on Scalarchives
Charles Roach Smith (1806--1890) notable amateur archaeologist and was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1836), and the London Numismatic Society (1837). Roach Smith was a founding member of the British Archaeological Association(1843).
Roach Smith was born at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, the youngest of ten children. In 1826 he moved to London, and established his own business as a chemist in 1834. In 1876, he and his sister bought Temple Place in Strood, Kent, and some adjoining horticultural land. He died in Strood.
In London Roach Smith made the first collection of Roman coins from London excavations, which was later purchased by the British Museum. He subsequently pioneered 'urban site observation' and his Illustrations of Roman London (1859) remained the princip...
published: 04 Apr 2011
2019 Anniversary Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The 2019 Anniversary Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was held on Saturday 30 November 2019, St Andrew's Day, at 4.30PM, in the Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
AGENDA
1. Welcome by the President
2. To approve the Minutes of the last Lecture meeting, 11 November 2019
3. Motion 1: Change to Law 4
4. Motion 2: New Subscription Type
5. Closure of the Ballots
6. The Treasurer’s Annual Report
7. The Director’s Annual Report
8. Presentation of the RBK Stevenson Award
9. Presentation of the Murray Medal for History
10. Presentation of the Dorothy Marshall Medal
11. The result of the Ballots
a. Fellows
b. Office Bearers and Council members
c. Honorary Fellows
d. Motion 1
e. Motion 2
12. The P...
published: 05 Dec 2019
British Archaeological Association
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The British Archaeological Association was founded in 1843 and aims to inspire, support and disseminate high quality research in the fields of Western archaeology, art and architecture, primarily of the medieval period, through lectures, conferences, study days and publications.The BAA was founded in December 1843 by Charles Roach Smith, Thomas Wright and Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, to encourage the recording, preservation, and publication of archaeological discoveries, and to lobby for government assistance for the collection of British antiquities.All three men were Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London but felt the older body was too aristoc...
published: 25 Sep 2016
Dr. Euan MacKie: The Megalith Builders - British Archaeology & Alexander Thom FULL LECTURE
Filmed at Megalithomania 2013 in Glastonbury. Watch exclusive interview here: https://youtu.be/jRC2H-UzQts. For a few years in the 1970s it seemed as if British archaeology might take on board and assimilate at least some of Alexander Thom's radical new ideas about the intellectual capabilities present in Neolithic Britain. However this never happened and now the profession is more hostile than has ever been to these concepts. Various suggestions are offered as to why is this so, including the social nature of academic communities themselves. One important reason is the relentless opposition of Britain's first and only Professor of Archaeoastronomy, Clive Ruggles, who has 'downgraded' Thom's ideas so that they have little effect on traditional archaeological thinking. Paradoxically over th...
Charles Roach Smith (1806--1890) notable amateur archaeologist and was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1836), and the London Numismati...
Charles Roach Smith (1806--1890) notable amateur archaeologist and was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1836), and the London Numismatic Society (1837). Roach Smith was a founding member of the British Archaeological Association(1843).
Roach Smith was born at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, the youngest of ten children. In 1826 he moved to London, and established his own business as a chemist in 1834. In 1876, he and his sister bought Temple Place in Strood, Kent, and some adjoining horticultural land. He died in Strood.
In London Roach Smith made the first collection of Roman coins from London excavations, which was later purchased by the British Museum. He subsequently pioneered 'urban site observation' and his Illustrations of Roman London (1859) remained the principal work on the subject until 1909. He pioneered the statistical study of Roman coin hoards.
He was the first presenter of the Liudhard medalet to the Numismatic Society in 1844.
Charles Roach Smith (1806--1890) notable amateur archaeologist and was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1836), and the London Numismatic Society (1837). Roach Smith was a founding member of the British Archaeological Association(1843).
Roach Smith was born at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, the youngest of ten children. In 1826 he moved to London, and established his own business as a chemist in 1834. In 1876, he and his sister bought Temple Place in Strood, Kent, and some adjoining horticultural land. He died in Strood.
In London Roach Smith made the first collection of Roman coins from London excavations, which was later purchased by the British Museum. He subsequently pioneered 'urban site observation' and his Illustrations of Roman London (1859) remained the principal work on the subject until 1909. He pioneered the statistical study of Roman coin hoards.
He was the first presenter of the Liudhard medalet to the Numismatic Society in 1844.
The 2019 Anniversary Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was held on Saturday 30 November 2019, St Andrew's Day, at 4.3...
The 2019 Anniversary Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was held on Saturday 30 November 2019, St Andrew's Day, at 4.30PM, in the Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
AGENDA
1. Welcome by the President
2. To approve the Minutes of the last Lecture meeting, 11 November 2019
3. Motion 1: Change to Law 4
4. Motion 2: New Subscription Type
5. Closure of the Ballots
6. The Treasurer’s Annual Report
7. The Director’s Annual Report
8. Presentation of the RBK Stevenson Award
9. Presentation of the Murray Medal for History
10. Presentation of the Dorothy Marshall Medal
11. The result of the Ballots
a. Fellows
b. Office Bearers and Council members
c. Honorary Fellows
d. Motion 1
e. Motion 2
12. The President’s Address
13. AOCB
Followed by a short lecture, ‘Hiberno-Scandinavian strap-fittings from Scotland’ by Caroline Paterson FSA Scot and Craig Stanford FSA Scot, and a reception.
Recorded by Mallard Productions Ltd
The 2019 Anniversary Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was held on Saturday 30 November 2019, St Andrew's Day, at 4.30PM, in the Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
AGENDA
1. Welcome by the President
2. To approve the Minutes of the last Lecture meeting, 11 November 2019
3. Motion 1: Change to Law 4
4. Motion 2: New Subscription Type
5. Closure of the Ballots
6. The Treasurer’s Annual Report
7. The Director’s Annual Report
8. Presentation of the RBK Stevenson Award
9. Presentation of the Murray Medal for History
10. Presentation of the Dorothy Marshall Medal
11. The result of the Ballots
a. Fellows
b. Office Bearers and Council members
c. Honorary Fellows
d. Motion 1
e. Motion 2
12. The President’s Address
13. AOCB
Followed by a short lecture, ‘Hiberno-Scandinavian strap-fittings from Scotland’ by Caroline Paterson FSA Scot and Craig Stanford FSA Scot, and a reception.
Recorded by Mallard Productions Ltd
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The British Archaeo...
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The British Archaeological Association was founded in 1843 and aims to inspire, support and disseminate high quality research in the fields of Western archaeology, art and architecture, primarily of the medieval period, through lectures, conferences, study days and publications.The BAA was founded in December 1843 by Charles Roach Smith, Thomas Wright and Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, to encourage the recording, preservation, and publication of archaeological discoveries, and to lobby for government assistance for the collection of British antiquities.All three men were Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London but felt the older body was too aristocratic, too London-focused and lacked the campaigning vigour required.The naming of the new body was symbolic: British referred to the campaign for a museum of British Antiquities, Archaeological differentiated their field from older antiquarian methods and Association had reformist, even revolutionary, overtones.
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The British Archaeological Association was founded in 1843 and aims to inspire, support and disseminate high quality research in the fields of Western archaeology, art and architecture, primarily of the medieval period, through lectures, conferences, study days and publications.The BAA was founded in December 1843 by Charles Roach Smith, Thomas Wright and Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, to encourage the recording, preservation, and publication of archaeological discoveries, and to lobby for government assistance for the collection of British antiquities.All three men were Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London but felt the older body was too aristocratic, too London-focused and lacked the campaigning vigour required.The naming of the new body was symbolic: British referred to the campaign for a museum of British Antiquities, Archaeological differentiated their field from older antiquarian methods and Association had reformist, even revolutionary, overtones.
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Filmed at Megalithomania 2013 in Glastonbury. Watch exclusive interview here: https://youtu.be/jRC2H-UzQts. For a few years in the 1970s it seemed as if British...
Filmed at Megalithomania 2013 in Glastonbury. Watch exclusive interview here: https://youtu.be/jRC2H-UzQts. For a few years in the 1970s it seemed as if British archaeology might take on board and assimilate at least some of Alexander Thom's radical new ideas about the intellectual capabilities present in Neolithic Britain. However this never happened and now the profession is more hostile than has ever been to these concepts. Various suggestions are offered as to why is this so, including the social nature of academic communities themselves. One important reason is the relentless opposition of Britain's first and only Professor of Archaeoastronomy, Clive Ruggles, who has 'downgraded' Thom's ideas so that they have little effect on traditional archaeological thinking. Paradoxically over the last few decades a variety of new evidence has been accumulating which implies that Thom's original propositions were basically on the right lines, and the more important of these discoveries are described. The newest and most dramatic however is from archaeology itself - nothing less that the first known stone temple precinct from northern Europe.
MacKie graduated with a degree in Archeology & Anthropology from St. John's College at the University of Cambridge in 1959 and has a PhD from the University of Glasgow where he is now an honorary research fellow. He was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1973, Keeper of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1974 and Deputy Director from 1986 - 1995. He took early part-time retirement in 1995 with full retirement 1998. He is also member of the Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, an Honorary Research Fellow of Hunterian until 2005 and an Honorary Research Associate of the National Museums of Scotland from 2007. Mackie is also a member of the Prehistoric Society and Glasgow Archaeological Society, of which he was president in the 1980s. His primary research interests include the Iron Age of Atlantic Scotland and The nature of the esoteric/specialised knowledge possessed by the chambered tomb and standing stone-builders of Neolithic times. He has written hundreds of articles & papers and his most well known book is The Megalith Builders, published in 1977. He is an advocate of Alexander Thom and coined the term 'archaeoastronomy'. See Euan's full profile at http://www.megalithomania.co.uk/2013-euan-mackie-megalith-builders.html
The 2013 Megalithomania conference took place on the 18th - 19th May at the Assembly Rooms in Glastonbury. Filmed and edited by Gary King and Liam Bauckham. Produced and Directed by Hugh Newman.
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Filmed at Megalithomania 2013 in Glastonbury. Watch exclusive interview here: https://youtu.be/jRC2H-UzQts. For a few years in the 1970s it seemed as if British archaeology might take on board and assimilate at least some of Alexander Thom's radical new ideas about the intellectual capabilities present in Neolithic Britain. However this never happened and now the profession is more hostile than has ever been to these concepts. Various suggestions are offered as to why is this so, including the social nature of academic communities themselves. One important reason is the relentless opposition of Britain's first and only Professor of Archaeoastronomy, Clive Ruggles, who has 'downgraded' Thom's ideas so that they have little effect on traditional archaeological thinking. Paradoxically over the last few decades a variety of new evidence has been accumulating which implies that Thom's original propositions were basically on the right lines, and the more important of these discoveries are described. The newest and most dramatic however is from archaeology itself - nothing less that the first known stone temple precinct from northern Europe.
MacKie graduated with a degree in Archeology & Anthropology from St. John's College at the University of Cambridge in 1959 and has a PhD from the University of Glasgow where he is now an honorary research fellow. He was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1973, Keeper of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1974 and Deputy Director from 1986 - 1995. He took early part-time retirement in 1995 with full retirement 1998. He is also member of the Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, an Honorary Research Fellow of Hunterian until 2005 and an Honorary Research Associate of the National Museums of Scotland from 2007. Mackie is also a member of the Prehistoric Society and Glasgow Archaeological Society, of which he was president in the 1980s. His primary research interests include the Iron Age of Atlantic Scotland and The nature of the esoteric/specialised knowledge possessed by the chambered tomb and standing stone-builders of Neolithic times. He has written hundreds of articles & papers and his most well known book is The Megalith Builders, published in 1977. He is an advocate of Alexander Thom and coined the term 'archaeoastronomy'. See Euan's full profile at http://www.megalithomania.co.uk/2013-euan-mackie-megalith-builders.html
The 2013 Megalithomania conference took place on the 18th - 19th May at the Assembly Rooms in Glastonbury. Filmed and edited by Gary King and Liam Bauckham. Produced and Directed by Hugh Newman.
Copyright Megalithomania 2013. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.megalithomania.co.uk
Charles Roach Smith (1806--1890) notable amateur archaeologist and was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (1836), and the London Numismatic Society (1837). Roach Smith was a founding member of the British Archaeological Association(1843).
Roach Smith was born at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, the youngest of ten children. In 1826 he moved to London, and established his own business as a chemist in 1834. In 1876, he and his sister bought Temple Place in Strood, Kent, and some adjoining horticultural land. He died in Strood.
In London Roach Smith made the first collection of Roman coins from London excavations, which was later purchased by the British Museum. He subsequently pioneered 'urban site observation' and his Illustrations of Roman London (1859) remained the principal work on the subject until 1909. He pioneered the statistical study of Roman coin hoards.
He was the first presenter of the Liudhard medalet to the Numismatic Society in 1844.
The 2019 Anniversary Meeting and Annual General Meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland was held on Saturday 30 November 2019, St Andrew's Day, at 4.30PM, in the Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EL
AGENDA
1. Welcome by the President
2. To approve the Minutes of the last Lecture meeting, 11 November 2019
3. Motion 1: Change to Law 4
4. Motion 2: New Subscription Type
5. Closure of the Ballots
6. The Treasurer’s Annual Report
7. The Director’s Annual Report
8. Presentation of the RBK Stevenson Award
9. Presentation of the Murray Medal for History
10. Presentation of the Dorothy Marshall Medal
11. The result of the Ballots
a. Fellows
b. Office Bearers and Council members
c. Honorary Fellows
d. Motion 1
e. Motion 2
12. The President’s Address
13. AOCB
Followed by a short lecture, ‘Hiberno-Scandinavian strap-fittings from Scotland’ by Caroline Paterson FSA Scot and Craig Stanford FSA Scot, and a reception.
Recorded by Mallard Productions Ltd
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The British Archaeological Association was founded in 1843 and aims to inspire, support and disseminate high quality research in the fields of Western archaeology, art and architecture, primarily of the medieval period, through lectures, conferences, study days and publications.The BAA was founded in December 1843 by Charles Roach Smith, Thomas Wright and Thomas Joseph Pettigrew, to encourage the recording, preservation, and publication of archaeological discoveries, and to lobby for government assistance for the collection of British antiquities.All three men were Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London but felt the older body was too aristocratic, too London-focused and lacked the campaigning vigour required.The naming of the new body was symbolic: British referred to the campaign for a museum of British Antiquities, Archaeological differentiated their field from older antiquarian methods and Association had reformist, even revolutionary, overtones.
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Filmed at Megalithomania 2013 in Glastonbury. Watch exclusive interview here: https://youtu.be/jRC2H-UzQts. For a few years in the 1970s it seemed as if British archaeology might take on board and assimilate at least some of Alexander Thom's radical new ideas about the intellectual capabilities present in Neolithic Britain. However this never happened and now the profession is more hostile than has ever been to these concepts. Various suggestions are offered as to why is this so, including the social nature of academic communities themselves. One important reason is the relentless opposition of Britain's first and only Professor of Archaeoastronomy, Clive Ruggles, who has 'downgraded' Thom's ideas so that they have little effect on traditional archaeological thinking. Paradoxically over the last few decades a variety of new evidence has been accumulating which implies that Thom's original propositions were basically on the right lines, and the more important of these discoveries are described. The newest and most dramatic however is from archaeology itself - nothing less that the first known stone temple precinct from northern Europe.
MacKie graduated with a degree in Archeology & Anthropology from St. John's College at the University of Cambridge in 1959 and has a PhD from the University of Glasgow where he is now an honorary research fellow. He was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1973, Keeper of Archaeology and Anthropology in 1974 and Deputy Director from 1986 - 1995. He took early part-time retirement in 1995 with full retirement 1998. He is also member of the Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, an Honorary Research Fellow of Hunterian until 2005 and an Honorary Research Associate of the National Museums of Scotland from 2007. Mackie is also a member of the Prehistoric Society and Glasgow Archaeological Society, of which he was president in the 1980s. His primary research interests include the Iron Age of Atlantic Scotland and The nature of the esoteric/specialised knowledge possessed by the chambered tomb and standing stone-builders of Neolithic times. He has written hundreds of articles & papers and his most well known book is The Megalith Builders, published in 1977. He is an advocate of Alexander Thom and coined the term 'archaeoastronomy'. See Euan's full profile at http://www.megalithomania.co.uk/2013-euan-mackie-megalith-builders.html
The 2013 Megalithomania conference took place on the 18th - 19th May at the Assembly Rooms in Glastonbury. Filmed and edited by Gary King and Liam Bauckham. Produced and Directed by Hugh Newman.
Copyright Megalithomania 2013. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.megalithomania.co.uk
The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London (a building owned by the UK government), and is a registered charity.
Membership
Members of the Society are known as Fellows and are entitled to use the post-nominal letters FSA after their names. Fellows are elected by existing members of the Society, and to be elected persons shall be "excelling in the knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other nations" and be "desirous to promote the honour, business and emoluments of the Society."
The Society retains a highly selective election procedure, in comparison with many other learned societies. Nominations for Fellowship can only come from existing Fellows of the Society, and must be signed by at least five and up to twelve existing Fellows, certifying that, from their personal knowledge, the candidate would make a worthy Fellow. Elections then occur by anonymous ballot, and a candidate must achieve a ratio of four ‘yes' votes for every ‘no' vote cast by Fellows participating in the ballot to be elected as a Fellow.