Royal Meteorological Society

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Royal Meteorological Society

Summary

Royal Meteorological Society is a learned society[1]. It draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (learned_society category, ranking #34 of 241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Royal Meteorological Society's field of work was weather[3].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's field of work was meteorology[4].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's field of work was climatology[5].
  • Royal Meteorological Society was a member of Society Publishers' Coalition[6].
  • Royal Meteorological Society is located in Reading[7].
  • Royal Meteorological Society is in the country of United Kingdom[8].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's instance of is recorded as learned society[9].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[10].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's founder is recorded as John Lee[11].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's founder is recorded as James Glaisher[12].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's founder is recorded as Samuel Charles Whitbread[13].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's headquarters location is recorded as Reading[14].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's industry is recorded as higher education[15].
  • April 3, 1850 marks the founding of Royal Meteorological Society[16].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.45520991396009, 'lon': -0.9806304225956487}[17].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's official website is recorded as http://www.rmets.org/[18].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Royal Meteorological Society[19].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's email address is recorded as mailto:info@rmets.org[20].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+11'}[21].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+10'}[22].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+12'}[23].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+15'}[24].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+17'}[25].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+19'}[26].
  • Royal Meteorological Society's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+22'}[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include John Lee[11], James Glaisher[12], and Samuel Charles Whitbread[13]. April 3, 1850 marks the founding of Royal Meteorological Society[16].

Operations

Royal Meteorological Society's headquarters location is recorded as Reading[14].

Industry

Royal Meteorological Society's industry is recorded as higher education[15]. Fields of work include weather[3], a natural phenomenon[28]; meteorology[4], a branch of science[29]; and climatology[5], an interdisciplinary science[30].

Why It Matters

Royal Meteorological Society draws 9 Wikipedia views per month (learned_society category, ranking #34 of 241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Society Open Access Research (SOAR) Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . rmets.org. Retrieved . rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . rmets.org. rmets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Charity Commission Register of Charities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'sv', 'zh']
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  2. 6w ago · NGOgo · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Founder → John Lee, James Glaisher, Samuel Charles Whitbread
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    Inception → +1850-04-03T00:00:00Z
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