The Select Society

The Select Society, established as The St. Giles Society but soon renamed, was an intellectual society in 18th century Edinburgh.

The Select Society initially had fifteen members who included:

By the end of its first year, The Select Society had eighty three members. Some years later, some of the members established The Poker Club.

In 1755 the Select Society founded a subsidiary body: the Edinburgh Society for Encouraging Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, and Agriculture in Scotland.

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