# Talk:Victorian era

It is unusual for an article of this type and much of it is not sourced. Based on the archive concerns seem to have been raised about it in the past. Llewee (talk) 13:06, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

"The professionalisation of scientific study began in parts of Europe following the French Revolution but was slow to reach Britain."
Britain had a period of extensive scientific research and studies in the 17th and 18th centuries through the Scientific Revolution. The Royal Society is the oldest continuously existing scientific academy in the world. It would have been better to clarify the term "professionalisation of scientific study" to give more context to the reader. Currently, the sentence feels too abrupt as an introduction to the section "Knowledge and Infrastructure".  Inlin (talk) 20:44, 2 July 2023 (UTC)

I think it is fine the way it is. It means exactly what it says. It was not until after the French Revolution that scientists started to exist as a professional class. Before that, most scientists were either amateurs or part-time workers. Nerd271 (talk) 22:44, 2 July 2023 (UTC)
Inlin and Nerd271, I will take out the comment about Britain being "somewhat undeveloped in... initially science" from the lead of the article as their probably isn't enough evidence to warrant it.--Llewee (talk) 14:24, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
@Llewee: Good idea! Nerd271 (talk) 23:24, 9 July 2023 (UTC)

When using the search box, the sentence under "Victorian era" has a typo, stating "Historical period in Britian from 1837 to 1901". 2001:14BA:47C:3C00:DDB:D567:1476:5A91 (talk) 09:24, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

 Done, this was a recent shortdesc edit of  I'm not sure that's an improvement at all, for an article that's also about the British Empire, so I've reverted it. --Belbury (talk) 10:03, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

I moved the long religion section in the June 13 2024 version to a new article on Religion in Victorian England  see [1]  Rjensen (talk) 21:52, 15 October 2025 (UTC)