Academy of Lyon
Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyon | |
Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon | |
Seal of the Academy | |
| Formation | 1700 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Claude Brossette Laurent Dugas de Bois Saint-Just Camille Falconet Louis de Puget Thomas Bernard Fellon Antoine de Serre Jean de Saint-Bonnet |
| Founded at | Lyon, Kingdom of France |
| Type | Learned society |
| Headquarters | Palais Saint-Jean, 4 Av. Adolphe Max, 69005 Lyon, France |
| Coordinates | 45°45′37″N 4°49′41″E / 45.76028°N 4.82806°E |
| Fields | Archaeology, arts, art history, history, literature & science |
| Membership | 52, elected by peers |
Official language | French |
| Affiliations | Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques & Conférence nationale des académies des sciences, lettres et arts |
The Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyon (French: Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon) is a French learned society founded in 1700.[1] Its founders included:
- Claude Brossette, lawyer, alderman of Lyons, and administrator of the Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon;
- Laurent Dugas de Bois Saint-Just, President of the Cour des monnaies;
- Camille Falconet, future consulting physician of King Louis XIV and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres;
- Antoine de Serre, adviser to the Cour des monnaies;
- Louis de Puget, naturalist;
- Father Jean de Saint-Bonnet,[a] professor at the Collège-lycée Ampère.
- Thomas Bernard Fellon.[2]
Notable Members
See also
Notes
- ^ Apparently a different figure than Jean de Saint-Bonnet
References
- ^ "Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon". Scholarly Societies Project. University of Waterloo. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Béghain, Patrice; Benoit, Bruno; Corneloup, Gérard; Thévenon (coord.), Bruno (2009). Stéphane Bachès (ed.). Dictionnaire historique de Lyon (in French). Lyons. ISBN 9782915266658.
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