Academy of Lyon
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] The founders were:
- Claude Brossette, lawyer, alderman of Lyons, and administrator of the Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon;
- Laurent Dugas, 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,[lower-alpha 1] professor at Trinity College;[lower-alpha 2]
- Thomas Bernard Fellon.[2]
It appears to have continued to be active, with some intermissions,[1] until at least 2013.[3]
Notable Members
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Notes
- Apparently a different figure than Jean de Saint-Bonnet
- It is not clear which Trinity College this refers to; There was no Trinity College in France in this era.
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.
- "Archived Documents". Academy of Lyon (in French). Lyons, France: Academy of Lyon. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013.
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