Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Royal Society of Edinburgh

Arms of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Established	1737 – diverged from the Royal Medical Society
1783 – received royal charter
Founder	Colin Maclaurin and Alexander Monro, primus (instrumental in founding the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh)
William Cullen, Alexander Monro, secundus and William Robertson (instrumental in obtaining the royal charter)
Focus	Science and technology
Arts
Humanities
Social science
Business
Public service
Headquarters	22–26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ
Location

New Town, Edinburgh, Scotland

Members

Over 1600 Fellows
Owner	Registered charity No. SC000470

President

Professor Dame Anne Glover

Chief Executive

Dr Rebekah Widdowfield

Key people

Dr. Alison Elliot, General Secretary
Subsidiaries	RSE Scotland Foundation
RSE Young Academy of Scotland

Budget

£5.9 million

Staff

34
Website	www.rse.org.uk

Formerly called

Philosophical Society of Edinburgh

Looking at the table, decide if the statement is entailed, neutral, or refuted by the data. Provide the verdict inside {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"} as JSON.

Sentence: Royal Society of Edinburgh was formed to promote British royalty.

answer: refuted