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PhilSoc
PhilSoc (1869 - Present) is a scientific society based at the Manchester Grammar School in the United Kingdom. Short for "Manchester Grammar School Natural Philosophy Society", PhilSoc aims to give weekly lectures about a variety of scientific matters, most often presented by guest lecturers and researchers at the cutting edge of their field.

History
The society was initially founded in 1869 by a group of sixteen Manchester Grammar School pupils. It is recorded in the school archives that the High Master at the time, Frederick William Walker, gave the students permission to "use of a classroom once a week to discuss Natural Philosophy in out of school hours". In its first academic year, eighteen meetings were held, mainly with papers being prepared and read by the boys themselves.

Although little is known about the society from this time onwards due to a lack of record keeping, there are numerous personal accounts of it still being fully functional in the 1970's and 1980's. In the 1980's, the society also became more affiliated with the surrounding Manchester High School for Girls and Withington Girls' School, and the talks currently rotate between the lecture halls of these three schools.