Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Royal Institution Christmas Lectures The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic each, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825, missing 1939–42 because of the Second World War. The lectures present scientific subjects to a general audience, including young people, in an informative and entertaining manner. Michael Faraday initiated the first Christmas Lecture series in 1825. This came at a time when organised education for young people was scarce. Faraday presented a total of nineteen series in all. The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures were first held in
Alexander Pope Humphrey Alexander Pope Humphrey Judge Alexander Pope Humphrey (1848 - 1928), also known as A. P. Humphrey or Alex P. Humphrey, was born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky and was a noted lawyer and judge. He attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and the University of Virginia law school.. A. P. Humphrey was a chancellor of the Louisville, Kentucky chancery court (a court of equity), having been appointed at age thirty-two to fill the unexpired term of Judge Horatio Washington Bruce who had resigned on March 10, 1880 to accept a position as attorney for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. A