Institutions
In 1805, with John Hall and others, he formed the Society of Master Millwrights, acting as its treasurer.
He was a member of the Royal Society of Arts, becoming a Vice-president and Chairman of the Committee of Mechanics.
Donkin was one of the originators and a vice-president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, which was founded by Henry Robinson Palmer, one of his pupils. He also helped the Institution to obtain its Royal Charter in 1828, advancing 100 guineas towards the costs.
Donkin was elected a member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1835 and served as its president in 1843.
He was a founder member of the Royal Astronomical Society.
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