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Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667, by Henri Testelin; in the background appears the new Paris Observatory. The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences, [akademi de sjɑ̃s]) 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 ...
In the 1700s, French culture and the French language became a big influence on the Swedish monarchy. Swedish king Gustave III received a French education as a child. [2] Several prominent Swedish nobles studied in France. Influenced by the French Academy of Sciences, Sweden created the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. [4
He was elected a member of a number of learned societies, including the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1850, the Royal Society in 1870 and the Institut de France in 1873. [citation needed] He died in Uppsala on 21 June 1874. In 1845, Ångström married Augusta Bedoire (1820–1906). [5]
The Royal Academies are independent organizations, founded on Royal command, that act to promote the arts, culture, and science in Sweden. The Swedish Academy and Academy of Sciences are also responsible for the selection of Nobel Prize laureates in Literature, Physics, Chemistry, and the Prize in Economic Sciences.
All European Academies (ALLEA) is the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities.It was founded in 1994, and brings together more than 50 Academies of Sciences and Learned Societies from over 40 member countries of the Council of Europe.
Royal Academy of Sciences may refer to: French Academy of Sciences; Royal Academy of Sciences of Bologna; Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences; Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences; Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, now the Sciences Academy of Lisbon
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Swedish: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting natural sciences and mathematics and strengthening their influence in society, whilst endeavouring to promote the exchange of ideas between ...
Main building of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters along the Mariankatu street in Helsinki The Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C., one of several facilities where the National Academy of Sciences maintains offices Slovak Academy of Sciences (Presidium Building) Entrance of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences ...