The Optical Society was a

scientific society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may ...

founded in

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in 1899, which published ''Transactions of the Optical Society''. The Optical Society was founded on 26 October 1899. The first president was W.H.E. Thornthwaite. The founders included

Charles Algernon Parsons Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931) was an Anglo-Irish engineer, best known for his invention of the compound steam turbine, and as the eponym of C. A. Parsons and Company. He worked as an engineer on dy ...

and

Frank Twyman Frank Twyman (17 November 1876 – 6 March 1959) was a British designer of optical instruments and co-inventor of the Twyman–Green interferometer. Early life Twyman was born in Canterbury, Kent, England on 17 November 1876, the seventh c ...

. Its meetings were mostly held at Imperial College London. In 1932 it merged with the

Physical Society of London The Physical Society of London, England, was a scientific society which was founded in 1874. In 1921, it was renamed the Physical Society, and in 1960 it merged with the Institute of Physics (IOP), the combined organisation eventually adopting the ...

, becoming the Optical Group of the Physical Society, and later the Optical Group of the

Institute of Physics The Institute of Physics (IOP) is a UK-based learned society and professional body that works to advance physics education, research and application. It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physica ...

. The Optical Group is a member of the

European Optical Society The European Optical Society (EOS), founded in 1991, is a European organisation for the development of the science of optics. Membership is open to national optical societies, individuals, companies, organisations, educational institutions, and lear ...

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Transactions of the Optical Society
Optics Scientific organizations established in 1899 Regional and local learned societies of the United Kingdom Physics societies 1899 establishments in England 1932 disestablishments in England Organizations disestablished in 1932 Clubs and societies in London Science and technology in London

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