Timeline for Was there a King of England, or an heir to the throne, in 1831 who idolized Michael Faraday?
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| Dec 2, 2017 at 3:39 | comment | added | CJ Dennis | I think it would be easy to conflate "future husband of the Queen" with "future King". When I was a kid, I thought Queen Elizabeth II was unmarried because surely her husband would be King! Sorry Prince Philip! | |
| Sep 3, 2017 at 17:12 | comment | added | jamesqf | @Tom Au: Obviously we read the question differently, especially the part that says "...he is in attendance of one of Michael Faraday's Christmas lectures...". Nor, FWIW, do I see any conflict between being a king and being a scientist. Japan's Emperor Hirohito was a marine biologist, for instance. It's not like being king is a full-time job: open Parliament, make a few speeches, wave in a few parades... | |
| Sep 1, 2017 at 23:01 | comment | added | Reversinator | Obviously, the actual lectures are open to people of all ages, but the game makes a point of the fact that the lectures were intended for children. To quote, "[Michael Faraday] did a great deal to popularize science through his public lectures, especially those for children." Not to mention that the voice actor is definitely not a kid but definitely trying to make himself sound like one. | |
| Sep 1, 2017 at 19:31 | comment | added | Tom Au | @jamesqf: The OP was asking from a "worldbuilding" context, where the boy would get to see a future choice between being "king of England" (Prince Consort actually), and becoming a scientist because of Faraday. He didn't get to meet Faraday either in "real life" for many years. | |
| Sep 1, 2017 at 19:24 | comment | added | jamesqf | Would Prince Albert have been in England at the age of 12 or so? It appears not, at least from a quick glance at the Wikipedia biography: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert,_Prince_Consort | |
| Sep 1, 2017 at 16:19 | comment | added | David Richerby | My comment wasn't entirely serious. However, it is the video game that uses the word "juvenile" so, really, it's their definition of the term that matters, not the interpretation of the asker. | |
| Sep 1, 2017 at 16:06 | comment | added | Tom Au | @DavidRicherby: The OP defined juvenile in his (worldbuilding style) question as "(at the bare minimum, I would consider that to be someone younger than 19, which is probably too generous).." Prince Albert "qualified" in 1831, KIng William did not. | |
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| Sep 1, 2017 at 10:25 | comment | added | David Richerby | It's perfectly possible for a 65-year-old man to be juvenile -- it means "childish" as well as "of children". ;-) Of course, the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have always been called just that and have never had "juvenile" in their name, not least because it would come across as patronising. | |
| Sep 1, 2017 at 6:14 | history | answered | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 3.0 |