Historischer Verein für Steiermark
(Historical Union for Steiermark)
[This Society was founded in 1850 and still exists today.
It published a number of journals, beginning with the
Mittheilungen (1850 - 1903)
(abbreviated as
Mitth. d. hist. Vereins in Steierm.
[Pogg, v.1, col.49 cites IV. 1853.])
Belgium Liège
Institut Archéologique Liégeois
(Archaeological Institute of Liège)
OR
England
London
London Epidemiological Society
[The London Epidemiological Society was founded on 1850, March 6.
It ceased to exist independently in 1907, when it and several other
medical societies merged with the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society
of London (founded 1805), to form the Royal Society of Medicine.]
Defunct
Indonesia Batavia
[since 1949 called Jakarta]
Koninklijke Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandsch-Indië
(Royal Physical Society in the Dutch East Indies)
[This Society was founded in 1850 as the
Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandsch-Indië.
In 1859 it became the
Koninklijke Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandsch-Indië.
In 1950 it appears to have become the Perhimpunan Ilmu Alam Indonesia;
we have found no trace of this latter body after 1957.]
Possibly
Defunct
England Reading (Berkshire)
Royal Meteorological Society (RMS)
[The Society was founded on 1850, April 3 as the
British Meteorological Society.
It became the Meteorological Society in 1866,
and the Royal Meteorological Society in 1883.]
1851
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America New York City
American Geographical Society (AGS)
[The AGS was founded in 1851 as the
American Geographical and Statistical Society.
In 1871, it became the American Geographical Society (AGS).
It began publishing journals as early as 1852.]
Turkey Constantinople
Encümen-i Daniş
(High Consultative Committee = Ottoman Academy)
[This body was founded on 1851, July 18 as the
Encümen-i Daniş by Sultan
Abd al-Majid (1823-1861), whose name is given in Arabic script as
عبد
المجيد.
The place of founding was probably Constantinople.
We have seen the name of the body translated into English as
High Consultative Committee, but it has also been referred to in
English as the Ottoman Academy and in Turkish as an academy of
sciences.
It was abolished in 1862, after the death of the Sultan who founded it.]
Defunct
1852
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United States of
America Washington, D.C.
American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
[The APhA was founded in 1852 as the American Pharmaceutical
Association.
On 2003, March 29 it became the American Pharmacists Association
(APhA).]
United States of
America Reston (Virginia)
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Switzerland Geneva
Institut National Genevois (ING)
(National Institute of Geneva)
Algeria Constantine
Société Archéologique du Département de
Constantine
(Constantine Archaeological Society).
[According to the CTHS, this Society was dissolved in 1957.]
Defunct
France Paris
Société Météorologique de France (SMF)
(Meteorological Society of France)
At some later date this Society broadened it scope, and took the name
Météo et Climat.
OR
1853
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United States of
America San Francisco
California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Estonia Tartu
Eesti Looduseuurijate Selts (LUS)
(Estonian Naturalists' Society)
Germany Jena
Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zu Jena
(Medical and Scientific Society of Jena)
[According to
Ziche
(2002), p.129, the
Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zu Jena was
founded in 1853, and can in retrospect be considered the continuation of
the Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Jena.
It published some journals up to at least 1932.]
Status Unknown
Australia Adelaide
Royal Society of South Australia (RSSA)
[The Society was founded in 1853 as the
Adelaide Philosophical Society.
In 1880, it took its current name.]
1854
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Australia Melbourne
Royal Society of Victoria (RSV)
Northern Ireland Belfast
Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS)
[Founded in 1854 as: North East Agricultural Association of
Ireland.
"In 1903 the name of the Association changed to the Ulster
Agricultural Society and in the following year the 'Royal' prefix was
added."
The Society may have had a precursor in the North East Society
(founded in 1826).]
France Paris
Société Française de Photographie (SFP)
(French Society of Photography)
United Kingdom Colchester
Society of Engineers
[According to
a Wikipedia article, this Society "merged with the
Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) in 2005, and in 2006 the
merged body joined with the Institution of Electrical Engineers to become the
Institution of Engineering and Technology."]
1855
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England London
London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS)
Switzerland Lucerne
Naturforschende Gesellschaft Luzern (NGL)
(Scientific Society in Lucerne)
Belgium Brussels
Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie (SRBE) =
Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie
(Royal Belgian Entomological Society)
OR
Belgium Charleroi
Société Royale d'Economie Politique de Belgique
(Royal Society of Political Economy of Belgium)
OR
1856
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Scotland Edinburgh
Faculty of Actuaries (FA)
[Founded in 1856 as the Faculty of Actuaries in Edinburgh, at some
time later, it became simply the Faculty of Actuaries.
Its English counterpart had been founded in 1848 as the Institute of
Actuaries of London, which at some time later became simply the
Institute of Actuaries.
Since 1993 the two groups have had a common education and examination
system.
They also maintain a common website.]
United Kingdom
Odontological Society of Great Britain
[The Odontological Society of Great Britain was founded in 1856.
It ceased to exist independently in 1907, when it and several other
medical societies merged with the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society
of London (founded 1805), to form the Royal Society of Medicine.]
Defunct
Austria Vienna
Österreichische Geographische Gesellschaft (ÖGG)
(Austrian Geographical Society)
[The Society was founded in 1856 as the
k.k. Geographische Gesellschaft in Wien.]
OR
England London
Royal Institute of Public Health & Hygiene and Society of
Public Health (RIPHH)
[In 1856, the
Metropolitan Association of Medical Officers of Health was founded.
In 1873 it became the Society of Medical Officers of Health;
in 1973 it became the Society of Community Medicine;
in 1989 it became the Society of Public Health.
In 1886 the
Association of Medical Men Possessing a Qualification in Sanitary
Science was founded.
In 1892 it became the British Institute of Public Health;
in 1897 it became the Royal Institute of Public Health.
In 1903 the Institute of Hygeine was founded.
In 1937 the latter two merged to become the
Royal Institute of Public Health & Hygeine.
In 1997 the latter society merged with the Society of Public Health
and became the Royal Institute of Public Health & Hygiene and Society of
Public Health (RIPHH).
At a later date it took the name Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).]
Italy Milano
Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali (SISN)
(Italian Society of Natural Sciences)
[The Society was founded in 1856 as the
Società Geologica residente in Milano.
It took its current name in 1860.]
Belgium Liège
Société de Langue et de Littérature Wallonnes
(Society for Walloon Language and Literature)
OR
Algeria Algiers
Société Historique Algérienne
(Algerian Historical Society)
[According to the CTHS, this Society was
likely dissolved in 1959.]
Defunct
Germany Düsseldorf
Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)
(Union of German Engineers)
1857
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United States of
America Washington, D.C.
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
United States of
America Chicago
Chicago Academy of Sciences (CAS)
[Known primarily for the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, which the Academy sponsors.]
Denmark Copenhagen
Den Almindelige Danske Lægeforening (DADL)
(Danish Medical Association)
OR
Germany Heidelberg
Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (DOG)
(German Ophthalmological Society)
[The Society was founded in 1857 as the
Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (in Heidelberg).
In 1920 it became the
Deutsche Ophthalmologische Gesellschaft (DOG).]
United States of
America Washington, D.C.
National Education Association (NEA)
Norway Oslo
Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (DNVA)
(Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (NASL))
China Shanghai
North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society =
North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society
[The Society was founded around 1857 as the
Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society.
In 1858 it became the
North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society =
North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
Later it was called the
China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, but
eventually reverted to
North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society again.
It ceased in 1949 with the Communist takeover in China.]
Defunct
Spain Madrid
Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas (RACMYP)
(Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences)
Poland Poznan
Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk Poznańskie
(Society of Friends of Science in Poznan)
[Now called the
Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk.]
Obstetrical Society of London
[The Obstetrical Society of London was founded in 1858.
It ceased to exist independently in 1907, when it and several other
medical societies merged with the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society
of London (founded 1805), to form the Royal Society of Medicine.]
Defunct
Switzerland Geneva
Société de Géographie de Genève
(Geographical Society of Geneva)
[This Society was founded in 1858 according to
Société de Géographie (of France).
The Society published a
Mémoires et Bulletin (beginning 1860) and
Le Globe. Journal Géographique (beginning 1866).]
