Editing Royal Society of Arts (section)

==History==

[[File:The Society of Arts, John Street, Adelphi.jpg|thumb|The RSA building (18th-century engraving)]]

Founded in 1754 by [[William Shipley]] as the [[Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce]], it was granted a [[Royal Charter]] in 1847,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thersa.org/about-us/history-and-archive/rsa-history-timeline|title=History of the RSA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201183144/http://www.thersa.org/about-us/history-and-archive/rsa-history-timeline|archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> and the right to use the term "Royal" in its name by King [[Edward VII]] in 1908.<ref name=na>{{cite web|url=http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/lists/GB-0403-RSA.htm|title=The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce: records|website=nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref> Members of the society became known as 'Fellows' from 1914.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/journal/rsaj?item_view=journal_info|title=JSTOR: RSA Journal}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41341645|title=Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 62, No. 3214, JUNE 26, 1914|jstor=41341645 }}, page 693</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41341819|title=Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, Vol. 63, No. 3235, November 20, 1914|jstor=41341819 }}, page 3</ref>

In the nineteenth century, [[The Great Exhibition]] of the Works of Industry of All Nations was organised by [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Prince Albert]], [[Henry Cole (inventor)|Henry Cole]], Francis Henry, [[George Wallis]], [[Sir Charles Dilke, 1st Baronet|Charles Dilke]] and other members of the society as a celebration of modern [[Industrial sector|industrial]] technology and design.<ref>John R. Davies in Findling and Pelle (2008), "Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions", pp. 13–14</ref>

In September 2023, RSA workers voted to strike for the first time in the organisation's 270 year history, saying management had entered into pay negotiations in "bad faith".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thomas |first=Tobi |date=2023-09-05 |title=Royal Society of Arts staff vote to strike for first time in its history |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/05/royal-society-arts-staff-vote-strike-first-time-history |access-date=2023-10-18 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-06 |title=Royal Society of Arts faces first strike action |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66727098 |access-date=2023-10-18}}</ref>