RA Collection: People and Organisations
The Russell Institution, (also known as the Russell Institution for the Promotion of Literary and Scientific Knowledge; and the Russell Literary and Scientific Institution), was an organisation devoted to scientific, literary and musical education, based in London. It was founded by private subscription in 1808, taking as models the Royal Institution and the London Institution. It survived until the early 1880s. The Post Office listed it in an 1881 directory, but it is found missing in the 1891 counterpart.