French Academy of Sciences
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The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was
A heroic depiction of the activities of the Academy from 1698
Louis XIV visiting the Royal Academy of Sciences (Sébastien Leclerc I, France, 1671)
Illustration from Acta Eruditorum (1737) where was published Machines et inventions approuvées par l'Academie Royale des Sciences
The Institut de France in Paris where the academy is housed
Institut de France
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The Institut de France is a French learned society, grouping five académies, including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Qu
French Academy of Sciences
…is one of the earliest Academies of Sciences. Currently headed by Patrick Flandrin (President of the academy), it is one of the five Academies of the Institut de France. The Academy of Sciences traces its origin to Colbert's plan to create a general academy. He chose a small group of scholars who met on 22 December…
Esplanade in front of the institute, 1898