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The road to Windsor: Centenary of the Royal Charter of 1884

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Extract

Royal Charters incorporating academic and professional bodies have usually been granted as soon as the organization could prove itself worthy of the honour. Why, then did it take the Institute nearly 40 years to acquire its charter? The story has been told in R.C. Simmonds's The Institute of Actuaries 1848–1948 but bears retelling here.

Type
Review Article
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1984

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