The local schoolmaster and philosopher William George Spencer was secretary of the society from 1815 and his son the philosopher Herbert Spencer gained much inspiration from Derby literary and scientific culture.
Od roku 1815 bol sekretárom klubu miestny učiteľ a filozof William George Spencer, ktorého syn Herbert Spencer, tiež filozof, získal z derbyjskej literárnej a vedeckej kultúry mnoho inšpirácie.