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The current name for the British Association for the Advancement of Science (founded 1831) which was a major organisation for the organisation and public dissemination of science in Britain. It's annual meetings (now festivals of science) attracted much media attention. The famous/infamous debate about Charles Darwin's work – often presented as a face-off between Darwin's ('bulldog') supporter Thomas Huxley and Bishop 'Soapy' Samuel Wilberforce – took pace at one such meeting (in 1860).
