This dimension names the person or body credited with founding a scientific institution. Wikipedia notes that a research institute is an establishment "founded for doing research," founding that in every case is the work of a named person or sponsoring body. Browsing this way collects every institution founded by the same person or body.
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1. Wikipedia: Royal Institution
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It was founded in 1799 by the leading British scientists of the age, including Henry Cavendish and its first president, George Finch.
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