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This is a list of members of the Académie française (French Academy) by seat number. The primary professions of the academicians are noted. The dates shown indicate the terms of the members, who generally serve for life. Some, however, were "excluded" during the reorganisations of 1803 and 1816 and at other times.
Pages in category "Members of the Académie Française" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 681 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Many notable French writers have not become members of the Académie Française. In 1855, the writer Arsène Houssaye devised the expression "forty-first seat" for deserving individuals who were never elected to the Académie, either because their candidacies were rejected, because they were never candidates, or because they died before ...
The Institut de France (French for 'Institute of France'; French: [ɛ̃stity də fʁɑ̃s]) is a French learned society, grouping five académies, including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention.
Elected member of the American Philosophical Society (1978) [20] Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1981) [21] Grand Prize of the Académie française (1984) President of the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres (1987) Elected to the Académie française (24 November 24, 1988) Elected member of the American Academy of Arts and ...
De Broglie became a member of the Académie des sciences in 1924, and in 1934 was elected to the Académie française, replacing the historian Pierre de La Gorce. He had the unique honor of welcoming his own brother into the academy on the latter's induction.
Jean Chapelain (4 December 1595 – 22 February 1674) [1] was a French poet and critic during the Grand Siècle, best known for his role as an organizer and founding member of the Académie française.
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