The Bernal Lecture was an annual lecture on the social function of science organised by the

Royal Society of London The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, r ...

and endowed by Professor

John Desmond Bernal John Desmond Bernal (; 10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was an Irish scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal wrote popular boo ...

. It was last delivered in 2004, after which it was merged with the

Wilkins Lecture The Wilkins Lecture was a lecture organised by the Royal Society of London on the subject of the history of science and named after John Wilkins John Wilkins (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an English Anglican ministry, Anglica ...

and Medawar Lecture to form the Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Lecture.

List of lecturers

References

Royal Society lecture series Annual events in the United Kingdom 1971 establishments in the United Kingdom Recurring events established in 1971 2004 disestablishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-stub