London coffeehouses eventually become institutions
Summary
- Londons coffee houses became known for particular professional or intellectual interests.
- The coffeehouses provided a new forum for social, intellectual and commercial exchange.
Details
- For example, Lloyds coffee house were patronized by shipping merchants, and eventually became an insurance company.
- Learned types gathered at the Grecian which eventually became the Royal Society. Isaac Newton and Edmund Halley debated physics and mathematics there.