Cambridge Philosophical Society

Cambridge Philosophical Society
Formation1819 (1819)
TypeScientific Society
Registration no.213811 [1]
Legal statusRoyal Charter, granted by King William IV in 1832
Focusfor the purpose of promoting scientific inquiry
Headquarters17 Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX
United Kingdom
Membership
Honorary Members and Fellows
President
Dr Claire Barlow
Main organ
The Council
Websitewww.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org
Remarkskeep alive the spirit of inquiry

The Cambridge Philosophical Society (CPS) is a scientific society at the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1819. The name derives from the medieval use of the word philosophy to denote any research undertaken outside the fields of law, theology and medicine. The society was granted a royal charter by King William IV in 1832. The society is governed by an elected council of senior academics, which is chaired by the Society's President, according to a set of statutes.

The society has published several scientific journals, including Biological Reviews (established 1926) and Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (formerly entitled Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, published since 1843). Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society was published between 1821–1928, but was then discontinued.

  1. ^ "CAMBRIDGE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY - Charity 213811". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk.