How the Great Exhibition of 1851 still influences science today
http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2015/aug/28/how-the-great-exhibition-of-1851-still-influences-science-today
Whilst the Great Exhibition was a tremendous success,
exposure to international competition proved something of a rude
awakening for British industry. British exhibits were upstaged
by the French in terms of design flair, the Germans in terms of
precision engineering, and the Americans in terms of large-scale
manufacturing and Prince Albert was determined to do something
about it. As well as creating a unique cultural estate, he
envisaged the establishment of a series of scholarships and this
started to be realised in 1891, thirty years after his death,
with the foundation of the Commission's science scholarships,
aimed at encouraging bright, early-career scientists to develop
their research.
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