Royal Microscopical Society
The Royal Microscopical Society (RMS) is a society that promotes the use of microscopy . Its corporate form is Royal Charter , i.e. a company that was founded by royal privilege.
The Microscopical Society of London was founded in 1839 as the world's oldest society specializing in microscopy and, after receiving a Royal Charter, was called the Royal Microscopical Society from 1866. The first president was Richard Owen in 1839 and Nathaniel Ward was treasurer . The following presidents included John Thomas Quekett and Dukinfield Henry Scott . The society internationalized itself in the 1960s and diversified in interest groups, for example the Electron Microscopy Section was founded in 1965 (section for electron microscopy ). In 1967 the RMS moved from London to Oxford. The RMS is a member of the European Microscopy Society , and thus the International Federation of Societies for Microscopy (IFSM) , as well as the Royal Society of Biology (RSB).
From 1841 they published The Microscopical Journal . This became The Monthly Microscopical Journal in 1866 , the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society in 1877 and the Journal of Microscopy in 1969 . From 1966 the proceedings of the society appeared, since 2006 under the title infocus . The RMS Microscopy Handbooks are also published. Further fields of activity of the RMS are the technical support of the training, for example in the microscope rental program for general schools, as well as the professional qualification (RMS diploma). In addition to applications in microscopy, the RMS deals with its technology. The most widely known, set by the Royal Society Microscopic standards include the 3 x 1 inch (26 × 76 mm) slides as well as the MS-microscope objective thread for microscope - lenses .
The approximately 1400 members of the RMS work in various research fields, e.g. B. in medical, physical, biological and geo-sciences, including amateur scientists. In 1885, Marian Farquharson was one of the first women to be elected a Fellow of the RMS. However, she was initially not allowed to take part in meetings and votes and then successfully campaigned for other learned societies to enable female members to accept and participate. After three years of membership and services to the RMS, members can be awarded the Fellowship (FRMS). The highest honor of the RMS is the status of Honorary Fellow (HonFRMS), which is limited to 65 members. The deceased HonFRMS included Joseph Lister , Louis Pasteur , Ernst Abbe and Rudolf Virchow , among others . Current HonFRMS include: Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , Peter B. Hirsch , Ewald Weibel , Archibald Howie , Calvin Quate , Shinya Inoué, Gerd Binnig , Nigel Unwin , John Meurig Thomas , Michael John Whelan , Sumio Iijima , Harald Rose , Michael Sheetz , Helen Saibil , Colin Humphreys , Xiaowei Zhuang , Petra Schwille , Eric Betzig , John Pethica , Wolfgang Baumeister , Stefan Hell and Joachim Frank .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Links to Microscopical Clubs and Societies. The Quekett Club, accessed April 1, 2019 .
- ^ Journal of Microscopy. Royal Microscopical Society, accessed April 1, 2019 .
- ↑ infocus. Royal Microscopical Society, accessed April 1, 2019 .
- ↑ RMS Dictionary of Light Microscopy . ISBN 978-0-19-856421-8 .
- ↑ Connett, Jess: The Art of the Invisible. October 4, 2017, accessed April 1, 2019 .