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To: Royal Institution (Lucinda Hunt Director).

Royal Institution-Stop Honouring Slave Owner Now.

Immediate ending of Royal Institution's "Fullerian Professorships".

Why is this important?

The Royal Institution has two "Fullerian Professorships" named after John Fuller MP (1757-1834). Fuller was a slave owner and vociferous opponent of abolition using his position as an MP to further that cause.Fuller was a member of the West India Interest a pressure group who funded pseudo-scientific research to show Black people as degenerate and lazy.
The money Fuller endowed on the Royal Institution is indelibly tainted by the vile system of slavery, and together with his abuse of science Fuller is a totally unsuitable person for the Royal Institution to "honour".

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2020-10-10 08:55:01 +0100

50 signatures reached

2020-10-08 09:46:48 +0100

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2020-10-07 22:09:10 +0100

10 signatures reached