French Academy of Sciences
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
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Summary
French Academy of Sciences is an academy of sciences[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of academy of sciences entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,377 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Committee on Space Research[3], InterAcademy Partnership[4], International Science Council[5], European Academies Science Advisory Council[6]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: 6th arrondissement of Paris[7]
- Country: France[8]
- Instance of: national academy[9], archives[10]
- Founder: Jean-Baptiste Colbert[11]
- Headquarters location: Paris[12]
- Part of: Institut de France[13]
- Commons category: Académie des sciences (France)[14]
- Industry: Public administration in healthcare and social services[15]
- Chairperson: Françoise Combes[16]
- Inception: December 22, 1666[17]
- Official website: https://www.academie-sciences.fr/[18], https://www.academie-sciences.fr/en/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:French Academy of Sciences[20]
- Email address: mailto:communication@academie-sciences.fr[21]
- Phone number: +33144414366[22]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[23], The Encyclopedia Americana[24]
- Official name: ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES[25]
- Motto text: Invenit et perficit[26]
- Legal form: national public establishment of an administrative nature[27]
- Commons Institution page: Académie des sciences (France)[28]
- Owner of: Poncelet Prize[29], Vigne de Louis Pasteur[30]
- Position held by head of the organization: president of the French Academy of Sciences[31]
- Fax number: +33144414363[32]
- Language used: French[33]
Why It Matters
French Academy of Sciences has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]
Works attributed to it include Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences[36], a scientific journal[37], in France[38], founded in 1835[39].