Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts d'Amiens Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Amiens

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1750	According to the CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database, this Academy was founded in 1750. It is possible to establish the name of this Academy in 1750 as Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts d'Amiens by referring to the record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. for the following title described as Acte royal. 1750-06-00: Lettres patentes et règlemens de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts d'Amiens, avec la liste des académiciens (Amiens : Vve Godart, 1751). It had this name until at least 1784, because of the record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. for the following title: Discours prononcé dans la grand'salle de l'Hôtel-de-ville, à la séance publique de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts d'Amiens, le 25 août 1784, par M. le président Rolland (published 1788). According to CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database, this Academy was named the Société Libre d'Agriculture du département de la Somme during An XI in the revolutionary calendar (1802?). It is possible to establish the name of this Academy in 1803 (15 Germinal An XII) as the Académie des Sciences, Arts, Agriculture et Belles-lettres d'Amiens by referring to the record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. for the following title Séance Publique de l'Académie des Sciences, Arts, Agriculture et Belles-lettres d'Amiens, le 15 Germinal An XII. It is possible to establish the name of this Academy in 1807 as the Académie des Sciences, Agriculture, Commerce, Belles-lettres et Arts du département de la Somme by referring to the record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. for the following title: Mémoire qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie des Sciences, Agriculture, Commerce, Belles-lettres et Arts du département de la Somme, le 16 août 1807, sur la question suivante... : ?Quelle est l'origine de la langue picarde ? (by L.-A.-J. Grégoire d'Essigny, pub. in 1811). It had this name until at least 1855, because of the record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. for the following title: Académie des Sciences, Agriculture, Commerce, Belles-lettres et Arts... de la Somme. Éloge de M. Auguste Machart (pub. in 1855). NOTE: It appears that this Academy was preceded in the years 1746 to 1750 by another society, the Société Littéraire d'Amiens. Interestingly, the entry in Chronologie [a chronology of French scholarly societies at Gallica] on the Académie d'Amiens gives its founding date as 1746, as opposed to 1750, which was the founding year listed at the CTHS site. The following may shed some light on the situation: Histoire de la Société littéraire d'Amiens de 1746 à 1750. (in Tome XLVIII [48], Année 1901 of the Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts d'Amiens. Perhaps the continuation of the RSLC might supply the pagination for this article (unfortunately we don't know the name of the author).
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Amiens France	This location is supported by the name of the Academy.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1746? - 1750?	Société Littéraire d'Amiens	????
1750 - 1788?	Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts d'Amiens	Its publications.
1802?	Société Libre d'Agriculture du département de la Somme	CTHS - Sociétés Savantes database.
1803?	Académie des Sciences, Arts, Agriculture et Belles-lettres d'Amiens	Its publications.
1807? - 1857	Académie des Sciences, Agriculture, Commerce, Belles-lettres et Arts du département de la Somme	Its publications.
1858 - 1869?	Académie des Sciences, Belles-lettres, Arts, Agriculture et Commerce du département de la Somme	Its publications.
1872? - 1873	Académie des Sciences, Belles-lettres et Arts d'Amiens	Its publications.
1874 -	Académie des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts d'Amiens	Its publications.
Académie des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts d'Amiens = Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Amiens

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1835 - 1857 (vol.1 - 10);   A	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Agriculture, Commerce, Belles-lettres et Arts du département de la Somme The record in the Univ. Calif. cat. gives the years as 1835 - 1857. RSLC, v.1, p.xv gives the years as 1835 - 1858. Continued by B. Indexed RSLC [Univ. Calif. cat.]	Amiens, Mém. Acad. Sci. [RSLC, v.1, p.xv]
1858/1860 - 1869 (2. sér., vol.1 - 7)   B	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-lettres, Arts, Agriculture et Commerce du département de la Somme The record in the Univ. Calif. cat. gives the years as 1858 - 1869. RSLC, v.12, p.viii gives the years as 1858/1860 - 1869, and identifies the volumes as Second Series vol.1 - 7. Continues A. Continued by C. Indexed RSLC [Univ. Calif. cat.]	Amiens, Ac. Mém. [RSLC, v.12, p.viii]
1872 - 1873 (2. sér., vol.8 - 10)   C	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-lettres et Arts d'Amiens The record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that this run from 1872 to 1873 had this name, but that it changed in 1874. RSLC, v.12, p.viii does not indicate a name change for the period from 1874 to 1884. Continues B. Continued by D. Indexed RSLC [Univ. Calif. cat.]	Amiens, Ac. Mém. [RSLC, v.12, p.viii]
1874 - (3. sér. vol.1- )   D	Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts d'Amiens The record in Univ. Calif. cat. gives this title for the run for 1874 onward. RSLC, v.12, p.viii gives the volume number for the run beginning 1874, but gives the title as that for the 1872 - 1873 run. Continues C. Indexed RSLC [Univ. Calif. cat.]	Amiens Ac. Mém. [RSLC, v.13, p.xi]