Date
Founded
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Seat
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Society Name
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1700 |
Germany
Berlin
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Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW)
(Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
[This Academy was founded in 1700 as the
Kurfürstlich-Brandenburgische Societät der
Wissenschaften, or
Churfürstlich-Brandenburgische Societät der
Wissenschaften.
In 1744 it merged with the Société Littéraire du
Berlin (which had been founded in 1743) to form the Königliche
Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.
It later had a variety of names, including the following:
(1) Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu
Berlin =
Königlich Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin;
(2) Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin =
Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin;
(3) Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin;
(4) Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR; and
(5) Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW)
(its current name).]
Website.
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France
Lyon
|
Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon
(Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyon)
[According to its
website, this Academy finds its antecedents in two societies founded
in the early 18th century. In 1700 the Académie des Sciences et
Belles-Lettres de
Lyon was founded. In 1713, an Académie des Beaux-Arts de
Lyon was founded, and eventually became the Société
Royale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. In 1758, these two societies merged to
become the Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de
Lyon. The Academy was dissolved in 1793. It revived in 1800, July 13,
as an Athénée. Since that time, it has taken various
names, including: Académie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres
et Arts de Lyon; Académie Nationale des Sciences,
Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon; Académie Impériale
des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon; and Académie
des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon (its current name).]
Website
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Spain
Barcelona
|
Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona
(Royal Academy of Belles Lettres of Barcelona)
[This Academy traces its origins to the
Acadèmia dels Desconfiats =
Academia de los Desconfiados
(Academy of the Untrusting), which was founded in 1700, but disappeared
before 1729.
The Acadèmia de Bones Lletres de Barcelona was
founded in 1729 as a continuation of the
Academia de los Desconfiados.
In 1752 the new Academy received Royal approval, becoming the
Reial Acadèmia de Bones Lletres =
Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona.]
[No website found, as of 2007, July 28.]
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|
1706 |
France
Montpellier
|
Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier
(Academy of Sciences and Letters of Montpellier)
[The Academy was founded in 1706 as the
Société Royale des Sciences de Montpellier, and was
dissolved in 1793.
It was reconstituted in 1795 as the
Société Libre des Sciences et Belles Lettres de
Montpellier, but disappeared in 1816.
The Academy was revived in 1846, December as the
Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier (its
current name).]
Website
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1707 |
England
London
|
Society of Antiquaries of London
Website.
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|
1710 |
Sweden
Uppsala
|
Kongliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala
(Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala)
[This Society was founded in 1710 as the
Kongliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala, and is evidently the
oldest scholarly society in Sweden.
It is now called the
Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala.]
[No website found, as of 2007, July 28.]
|
England
Spalding
|
Spalding Gentlemen's Society
Website
|
|
1712 |
France
Bordeaux
|
Académie Royale des Belles Lettres, Sciences et Arts de
Bordeaux
(Royal Academy of Humanities, Sciences and Arts of Bordeaux)
[The Academy was founded in 1712 as the
Académie Royale des Belles Lettres, Sciences et Arts de
Bordeaux.
Over the years it has had various names, including:
Académie Impériale des Sciences,
Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux, and
Académie Nationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de
Bordeaux (its current name).]
[No website found, as of 2004, July 9.]
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|
1713 |
Spain
Madrid
|
Real Academia Española (RAE)
(Royal Spanish Academy)
Website.
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|
1714 |
Italy
Bologna
|
Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna
(Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna)
[This institution was founded in 1714 as an Institute with two constituent
Academies, one for the sciences and one for the fine arts.
It had as a predecessor the Academy degli Inquieti, which had been
founded in either 1690 or 1691.
The Latin name of the Institute was from at least 1731 to 1791:
Bononiensis Scientiarum et Artium Institutum atque Academia.
Its Italian name during the 18th century may have been something like
Istituto e Accademia delle Scienze e delle Arti di Bologna.
In 1802 or 1803, with the Napoleonic occupation, the Academy devoted to
fine arts (the Accademia Clementina di Bologna) was suppressed, so
that only one Academy remained, that for the sciences.
From that point onward, it was known at various times as:
(1) Accademia Reale delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna;
(2) R. Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna ; and
(3) Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna
(its current name).]
[No website found, as of 2007, July 28.]
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|
1715 |
Italy
Roma
|
Accademia Lancisiana di Roma
(Lancisian Academy of Rome)
[The Academy was founded by Giovanni Maria Lancisi.
It evidently went through a number of name changes, including:
(1) Accademia Giacintina,
(2) Adunanza degli Amici della Scienza Medico-Chirurgica,
(3) Associazione della Giovane Famiglia Sanitaria degli Ospedali
Reuniti in Roma,
(4) Società Lancisiana degli Ospedali Reuniti in Roma,
and in 1935 it took its present name
(5) Accademia Lancisiana di Roma.]
Website.
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|
1716 |
Italy
Florence
|
Società Botanica Fiorentina
(Florentine Botanical Society)
[The first botanical society in Europe, it was founded in the Autumn of
1716 by Pier Antonio Micheli (1679-1737).
In 1783, the Society ceased to exist separately and was absorbed by the
Accademia dei Georgofili, the first agricultural academy in
Europe,
founded in 1753 (information taken from the historical section of the
Società Botanica Italiana website).
The Society seems never to have published a journal.
Additional information may be found in a
brief historical webpage on the Società Botanica Fiorentina.]
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|
1718
|
France
Pau
|
Académie Royale des Sciences et Beaux-Arts de Pau
(Royal Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts of Pau)
[The Society was founded in 1718 as the Académie de Musique.
In 1720, it became the Académie Royale des Sciences et Beaux
Arts de Pau. In 1793, it was suppressed. In 1841 it was revived as
the Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Pau, it
ceased in 1843, then was resurrected on 1871. In 1973 it became the
Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Pau et du
Béarn.]
[No website found, as of 2007, July 28.]
|
Italy
Palermo
|
Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Palermo
(Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Palermo)
[This Academy was founded in 1718 as the
Accademia Palermitana del Buon Gusto.
After that it had the following names:
(1) R.a Accademia Palermitana di Scienze e Lettere;
(2) Accademia di Scienze e Lettere di Palermo;
(3) Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Palermo;
(4) Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo;
(5) Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Palermo;
(6) Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Palermo; and
(7) Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Palermo
(its current name).]
[No website found as of 2007, July 28.]
|
|
1720
|
Portugal
Lisboa
|
Academia Real da História Portuguesa
(Royal Academy of Portuguese History)
[The Academia Real da História Portuguesa was founded
on 1720, December 8, and went into decline around 1736.
The Academia Portuguesa da
História (founded 1936) considers
itself the legitimate successor to the
Academia Real da História Portuguesa.]
|
|
1723
|
Scotland
Edinburgh
|
Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland
[This Society was founded on 1723, June 8.
It ceased in 1745.]
|
|
1724 |
Russia
St. Petersburg
later
Moscow
|
Российская
Академия
Наук
[Rossijskaâ Akademiâ Nauk]
(Russian Academy of Sciences)
[The Academy was founded on 1724, January 28 in the Julian calendar, that
is, on 1724, February 8 in the modern (Gregorian) calendar.
It has had the following sequence of names:
(1)
Императорская
Академия
Наук и
Художеств в
Санкт-Петербурге
[Imperatorskaâ Akademiâ Nauk i Hudožestv v
Sankt-Peterburge];
(2)
Императорская
Академия
Наук
[Imperatorskaâ Akademiâ Nauk];
(3)
Императорская
Санкт-Петербургская
Академия
Наук
[Imperatorskaâ Sankt-Peterburgskaâ Akademiâ Nauk];
(4)
Российская
Академия
Наук
[Rossijskaâ Akademiâ Nauk];
(5) Академия
Наук СССР
[Akademiâ Nauk SSSR]; and
(6)
Российская
Академия
Наук
[Rossijskaâ Akademiâ Nauk].]
Website.
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|
1726 |
France
Marseille
|
Académie des Belles-Lettres de Marseille
(Academy of Humanities of Marseille)
[This Academy was founded in 1726 as the
Académie des Belles-Lettres de Marseille.
Over the years it has had various different names, including:
Académie des Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de Marseille;
Lycée des Sciences et Arts;
Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts;
Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Marseille;
and
Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Marseille
(its current name).]
Website
|
Italy
Cortona
|
Società per la Compra di Libri
(Society for the Purchase of Books)
[Now called Accademia Etrusca di Cortona
(Etruscan Academy of Cortona).]
Website.
|
|
1728 |
Germany
Jena
|
Teutsche Gesellschaft in Jena
(German Society in Jena)
[This Society was founded in 1728.
It was still in existence in 1777, but had ceased by 1798.]
|
|
1730 |
France
Montauban
|
Académie de Montauban: Sciences, Belles-lettres, Arts,
Encouragement au Bien
(Academy of Montauban: Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Promotion of
Good Citizenship)
[This Society was founded in 1730 as the
Société Littéraire de Montauban.
After that, it had the following names:
(1) Académie des Belles-Lettres de Montauban;
(2) Société des Sciences et Arts de Tarn-et-Garonne;
(3) Société des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de
Tarn-et-Garonne;
(4) Société des Sciences, Agriculture et
Belles-Lettres de Tarn-et-Garonne;
(5) Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de
Tarn-et-Garonne;
(6) Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres, Arts et
Encouragement au Bien de Montauban; and
(7) Académie de Montauban: Sciences, Belles-lettres, Arts,
Encouragement au Bien
(both (6) and (7) are current names).]
[No website found, as of 2004, July 15.]
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England
Peterborough
|
Peterborough Gentlemen's Society
[Also known as Gentlemen's Society in Peterborough
and Peterborough Society.
Evidently ceased during the 1890's.]
|
|
1731 |
France
Paris
|
Académie Royale de Chirurgie
(Royal Academy of Surgery)
[The Academy was founded in 1731 as the
Académie Royale de Chirurgie, then suppressed in 1793.
It was reformed in 1843 as the
Société Nationale de Chirurgie, then took the name
Académie de Chirurgie in 1935.
In 1997, it became the
Académie Nationale de Chirurgie (ANC).]
Website
|
Scotland
Edinburgh
|
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh
[This Society was founded in 1731 as the
Society for the Improvement of Medical Knowledge.
In 1737 it became the
Edinburgh Society for improving Arts and Sciences and particularly
Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the
Philosophical Society of Edinburgh.
On 1783, March 29 it ceased and was succeeded by the
Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).]
|
Spain
Valladolid
|
Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Valladolid
(Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Valladolid)
[According to the
Instituto de España website, this Academy was founded in 1731.
The Academy has published
Anales de la Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de
Valladolid since 1963.]
[No website found, as of 2007, July 28.]
|
Ireland
Dublin
|
Royal Dublin Society
[This Society was founded on 1731, June 25 as the
Dublin Society for improving Husbandry, Manufactures and other Useful
Arts; a couple of weeks later it became the
Dublin Society for improving Husbandry, Manufactures and other Useful
Arts and Sciences.
It later had the names Dublin Society and
Royal Dublin Society (its current name).]
Website.
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|
1732 |
France
La Rochelle
|
Académie des Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de
La Rochelle
(Academy of Humanities, Sciences and Arts of La Rochelle)
[According to the
CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database,
this Academy had the following prior name:
Académie Royale des Belles-Lettres de La Rochelle.
From 1747 to 1763, the Academy published
Recueil de pièces en prose et en vers lues dans les
assemblées publiques de l'Académie Royale des Belles-lettres
de La Rochelle.
From 1855 to 1885, the Academy published
Choix de Pièces lues aux séances / Académie de
La Rochelle, Section de Littérature.
From 1871 to ...., the Academy published
Académie des Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de La Rochelle.
Séance[s] Publique[s].
After this, they published
Annales Académie des Belles-lettres, Sciences et Arts de La
Rochelle. Section des Belles-lettres et Beaux-arts.]
[No website found, as of 2007, July 28.]
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|
1734
|
Germany
Jena
|
Societas Latina Jenensis
(Latin Society of Jena)
[This Society was founded on 1734, June 4.
The Society was also known as the
Societas Latina Ienensis and the
Societas Latina quae Jenae est.
It was dissolved in 1848.]
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Spain
Madrid
|
Real Academia Nacional de Medicina
(Royal National Academy of Medicine)
[The Academy was founded on 1734, August 12 as the
Academia Médica Matritense, as a successor to the
Tertulia Literaria Médica Matritense (founded 1733, July
12).
It later had the following names:
(1) Real Academia Médica Matritense;
(2) Real Academia Médica de Madrid;
(3) Real Academia de Medicina de Madrid;
(4) Real Academia de Medicina; and
(5) Real Academia Nacional de Medicina (its current name).]
Website.
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|
1735 |
Italy
Florence
|
Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria" (ATSL)
(Tuscan Academy of Sciences and Letters "La Colombaria")
[The Academy was founded on 1735, May 15 as the
Società Colombaria Fiorentina.
It later had the following names:
(1) Società Colombaria;
(2) Società Colombaria di Firenze;
(3) Società Colombaria Fiorentina;
(4) Accademia Fiorentina di Scienze Morali La Colombaria; and
(5) Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere la Colombaria (its
current name).]
Website.
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Sweden
Stockholm
|
Kungliga Akademien för de Fria Konsterna =
Kungliga Konstakademien
(Royal Academy of Fine Arts = Royal Art Academy)
Website
|
|
1736
|
Germany
Halle
|
Prüfende Gesellschaft zu Halle
(Examining Society in Halle)
[The Society was founded in 1736 and lasted until 1748.]
|
|
1737
|
France
Arras
|
Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Arras
(Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Arras)
[This Academy was founded in 1737 as the
Société Littéraire d'Arras.
It later had the following names:
(1) Académie Royale des Belles-lettres d'Arras;
(2) Société Royale d'Arras pour l'Encouragement des
Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts;
(3) Société Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des
Arts d'Arras;
(4) Académie d'Arras, Société Royale des
Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts;
(5) Académie d'Arras;
(6) Académie Impériale des Sciences, Lettres et Arts
d'Arras; and
(7) Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts d'Arras
(its current name).]
[No website found, as of 2007, July 28.]
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|
1738
|
Italy
Brescia
|
Accademia Mazzuchelliana
(Mazzuchellian Academy)
[The Academy was founded on 1738, April 18,
and ceased to exist independently in 1768.]
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Spain
Madrid
|
Real Academia de la Historia
(Royal Academy of History)
[The Academy was founded on 1738, April 18 by Royal order of Felipe V.
It was based on an earlier Academy, the
Academia Universal, which had been founded in 1735.]
Website.
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|
1739 |
Greifswald
Germany
|
Deutsche Gesellschaft in Greifswald
(German Society in Greifswald)
[This society was founded in 1739, and was still in existence in 1752.]
|
Sweden
Stockholm
|
Kongliga Vetenskapsakademien (KVA)
(Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
[The Academy was founded as the
Kongliga Vetenskapsakademien (KVA).
Around 1905, the spelling of the Academy's name was altered to
Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien, generally abbreviated as
Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien or K. Vetenskapsakademien.]
Website.
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