Wikipedia's article on the founding and early history of the Royal Society of London, the oldest national scientific institution still active anywhere in the world. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for uncontested institutional facts (founding date, absence of a single founder, seat) that are matters of public record rather than interpretation. Sources
History of the Royal Society (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)
This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Institutions, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
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