The French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) 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 research. It was at the forefront of scientific developments in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries and is one of the earliest academies of sciences. In contrast to its British counterpart it was founded as an organ of government; its first scholars met in the King's library, and the body, named the Royal Academy of Sciences, was installed in the Louvre in Paris. Today it is one of the five academies of the Institut de France. In this atlas it appears through early modern members and associates of mathematical and computational work, such as Thomas Fantet de Lagny and Giovanni Poleni.
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The academy received the name of Royal Academy of Sciences and was installed in the Louvre in Paris.
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is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV
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The academy received the name of Royal Academy of Sciences and was installed in the Louvre in Paris.
View the SourceGiovanni Poleni (Wikipedia)
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in 1739 the French Academy of Sciences made him a member
Thomas Fantet de Lagny (Wikipedia)
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on 11 December 1695, he was named an associate of the Académie Royale des Sciences
Carl Friedrich Gauss (Wikipedia)
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the French Academy of Sciences (1804/ 1820)
Jacques de Vaucanson (Wikipedia)
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In 1746, he was made a member of the Académie des Sciences.
Gaspard de Prony (Wikipedia)
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Prony was a member, and eventually president, of the French Academy of Sciences.
Joseph Fourier (Wikipedia)
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Fourier succeeded Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre as Permanent Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences
Joseph-Louis Lagrange (Wikipedia)
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he moved from Berlin to Paris and became a member of the French Academy of Sciences
Jean-Charles de Borda (Wikipedia)
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he was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1764
Marquis de Condorcet (Wikipedia)
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on 25 February 1769, he was elected to the Académie royale des Sciences
Adrien-Marie Legendre (Wikipedia)
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The Académie des sciences made Legendre an adjoint member in 1783 and an associate in 1785.
Christian Kramp (Wikipedia)
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He was elected to the geometry section of the French Academy of Sciences in 1817.
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