In the spring of 1854 he joined the Royal Society's Philosophical Club, and he also became a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, gaining postal access to its library. To his surprise his stomach was not troubled and he greatly enjoyed visiting London regularly and meeting with the new generation of scientists, in particular John Tyndall, Hooker and Huxley. Darwin supported them in gaining gold medals from the Society, saying that they would become "scientific giants" and he thought it only right that they should get the accolades to spur them on. Tyndall had taken the chair of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution in 1853 and was now helping Huxley run the science section of "The Westminster Review". Huxley began teaching at the Royal School of Mines in November, then "sick of the dilettante middle class" began his working men's lectures a year later, and Hooker settled into his post at Kew Gardens.