Category: Royal Society of Literature

Categories: United Kingdom Organisations

The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society. It was founded in 1820 by King George IV to "reward literary merit and excite literary talent".

The society's first president was Thomas Burgess, Bishop of St David's (who was later translated as Bishop of Salisbury). The society maintains its current level of about 500 Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature: generally 14 new fellows are elected annually, who are accorded the privilege of using the post-nominal letters FRSL.

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15 Jul 1938 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 17 Oct 2022
24 Aug 1917 Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 04 Nov 2003 photo
15 Jul 1917 Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom - 03 Aug 2015

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20 Mar 1834 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA - 22 Aug 1926 photo

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11 Feb 1915 London, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jun 2011 photo
07 Nov 1920 Hopkinstown, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 12 Jul 2013
23 Jul 1913 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 03 Mar 2010

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19 Sep 1911 Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 1993 photo

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17 Jul 1877 Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States - 06 Dec 1963 photo
26 Mar 1923 London, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jan 2014

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07 Oct 1939 Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Nov 2019 photo
05 Apr 1885 - 06 Sep 1969

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07 Mar 1956 London, England, United Kingdom - 14 Feb 2019

M

Living Montefiore
25 Jun 1923 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 28 Feb 2017 photo

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13 Dec 1832 Belleville, Upper Canada - 27 Oct 1897 photo
04 Dec 1903 Tregonissey, St Austell, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 03 Oct 1997 photo

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27 Feb 1944 Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jan 2020
Feb 1948 Hendon, London, England, United Kingdom - 05 Mar 2018

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25 Feb 1917 Hapurhey, Manchester, Lancashire, England - 22 Nov 1993 photo




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