Check these sites.
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/RShistory.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England#Posterity_and_legacy
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/RS.html
How was Charles II involved with the Royal Society and science in general?
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