The Royal Society
The Royal Society for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge is a group of intellectuals and scholars founded in 1660. Also known as the Royal Society. It acts voluntarily, but in fact acts as the Academy of Sciences of the UK and administers a budget of £ 40 million annually from the UK government. The Royal Society is a member of the Science Council. A similar organization is the Royal Society of Scotland, which was founded in 1783 and the Royal Society of Ireland was founded in 1785. Behind the name of the Royal Society member is the abbreviation FRS, which is the abbreviation of "Royal Society Members", and the name of the President of the Society is attached to the abbreviation of "President of the Royal Society" PRS.