Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Savoie (ASBLAS)
= Académie de Savoie
(Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Savoy =
Academy of Savoy)
[The Academy was founded in 1820 as the
Société Académique de Savoie.
It has had the following other names:
(1) Société Royale Académique de Savoie;
(2) Académie Royale de Savoie;
(3) Académie Impériale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres
et Arts de Savoie;
(4) Académie Impériale de Savoie;
(5) Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Savoie
(a current name); and
(6) Académie de Savoie (another current name).]
France Paris
Académie Nationale de Médecine (ANM)
(National Academy of Medicine)
[The Academy was founded in 1820 as the
Académie Royale de Médecine.
It later had the following sequence of names:
(1) Académie Nationale de Médecine;
(2) Académie Impériale de Médecine;
(3) Académie de Médecine; and
(4) Académie Nationale de Médecine
(its current name).]
Germany
Apotheker-Verein im Nördlichen Teutschland
(Pharmacists Union of Northen Germany)
[The Union was founded in 1820 as the
Apothekerverein in Westphalen, from which the
Apotheker-Verein im Nördlichen Teutschland emerged.
It later became the
Apotheker-Verein in Norddeutschland =
Norddeutscher Apotheker-Verein.
In 1850 the latter merged with the
Süddeutscher Apothekerverein (founded in 1848) to form the
Allgemeiner Deutscher Apothekerverein, later known as the
Deutscher Apothekerverein or
Deutscher Apotheker-Verein.
The Verein apparently ended its individual existence in 1850 when it merged
with another body.]
Ceased to exist independently
England London
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
[The Society was founded on 1820, January 12 as the
Astronomical Society of London;
on 1831 March 7, it took its current name,
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).]
Delaware Chemical and Geological Society
[According to both
Bolton
(1897), p.731, and
Bogert
(1908), p.167,
this Society was founded on 1821, September 6 and was short-lived.
It probably ceased well before 1830.]
Ceased
England London
Royal Medico-Botanical Society of London
[The Society was founded in 1821 as the
Medico-Botanical Society of London.
By 1840 it had already become the
Royal Medico-Botanical Society of London.
It evidently ceased in 1852.]
Ceased
Scotland Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Society of Arts (RSSA)
[The Society was founded in 1821 as the
Society for the Encouragement of the Useful Arts in Scotland.
In 1841 it took the name
Royal Scottish Society of Arts (RSSA).]
Australia North Ryde
Royal Society of New South Wales (RSNSW)
[The Society was founded on 1821, June 27 as the
Philosophical Society of Australasia.
It later had the following sequence of names:
(1) Australian Philosophical Society;
(2) Philosophical Society of New South Wales; and
(3) Royal Society of New South Wales (its current name).]
Accademia degli Euteleti
(Academy of the Euteleti)
[This Academy was founded in 1822 as the
Società Scientifico-Letteraria, and soon became the
Società Scientifico-Letteraria degli Euteleti in Samminiato.
It was later called the
Accademia degli Euteleti and the
Accademia degli Euteleti della Città di San Miniato.]
Accademia delle Scienze di Ferrara
(Academy of Sciences of Ferrara)
[This Academy was founded in 1823 as a group entitled Medica
Conversazione.
In 1825, it became Accademia Medico-Chirurgica di Ferrara.
It later had the following names:
(1) Accademia delle Scienze Mediche e Naturali di Ferrara;
(2) Accademia di Scienze Mediche-Naturali e Fisico-Matematiche di
Ferrara; and
(3) Accademia delle Scienze di Ferrara (its current name).]
India Calcutta
Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta
[According to an authority record in the
Illinet cat., a note
on p.2 of the 1883, Sept.1 issue of the Circular of selections
indicates that this Society was
organized in Mar. 1823.
We have found no records of its existence past 1845.]
Ceased
England London
Meteorological Society of London
[The Meteorological Society of London was founded on
1823, October 15.
It fell dormant from 1824 to 1832, in which year there were several
meetings.
It was revived again in 1836, and was active until 1843.]
Société Linnéenne de Normandie
(Linnean Society of Normandy)
[The Society was founded in 1823 as the
Société Linnéenne du Calvados, and
in 1826 became the
Société Linnéenne de Normandie.]
1824
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Italy Catania
Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania
(Gioenian Academy of Natural Sciences in Catania)
[The Academy was founded on 1824, May 16 as the
Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania.
At times since then it has also been known as the
Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali
and the Accademia Gioenia di Catania.]
Law Society of England and Wales (LSEW)
[According to its website
(),
the
Society was founded 1825, June 2.
The Society's first formal name was Society of Attorneys,
Solicitors, Proctors and others not being Barristers, practising in
the Courts of Law and Equity of the United Kingdom, but it was known
colloquially as the Law Society.
In 1903 the Society changed its official name to the Law Society.]
Hungary Budapest
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia
(Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
[From Scudder #3372 and #3373, it
would appear that prior to about 1846, this organization was called
Magyar Tudós Társaság
(Hungarian Learned Society).
It published numerous periodicals, beginning as early as 1832; see the
ZDB.]
1826
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England London
Entomological Club
[This Club began in 1826 as a scientific society, but later evolved into
a dining club, which was still in existence in 1933. We have found no
proof of its existence past 1933.]
Probably Ceased
Scotland Edinburgh
Royal Scottish Academy
[This Academy was founded in 1826 as the
Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture.
In 1838, it became the Royal Scottish Academy.]
Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Erforschung vaterländischer Sprache und
Alterthümer
(German Society for Research on the German Language and Antiquities)
[The Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Erforschung vaterländischer Sprache
und Alterthümer was formed in 1827 through the union of the
Deutsche Gesellschaft in Leipzig (founded in 1727 through a
re-organization of an existing society that had been founded in 1697) and
the Verein zur Erforschung vaterländischer Geschichte und
Alterthümer, also known as the
Sächsischer Verein für Erforschung und Bewahrung
Vaterländischer Alterthümer zu Leipzig.
This Gesellschaft was in existence up to 1945.]
Ceased
Netherlands Friesland
Keninklik Frysk Genoatskip foar Skiednis en Kultuer =
Koninklijk Fries Genootschap voor Geschiedenis en Cultuur
(Frisian Society for History and Culture)
[The Society was founded on 1827, September 26 as the
Provinciaal Friesch Genootschap ter Beoefening van Friesche Geschied-,
Oudheid- en Taalkunde
(Provincial Frisian Society for the Cultivation of Frisian History,
Archaeology, and Linguistics).
In 2002, it became the
Keninklik Frysk Genoatskip foar Skiednis en Kultuer =
Koninklijk Fries Genootschap voor Geschiedenis en Cultuur.]
Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France (SNHF)
(National Horticultural Society of France)
[The Society was founded in 1827 as the
Société d'Horticulture de Paris.
It later went through numerous name changes until 1886, when it became the
Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France (SNHF).]
Académie Lorraine des Sciences (ALS)
(Lorraine Academy of Sciences)
[The Academy was founded in 1828 in Strasbourg as the
Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg.
It later had the following names:
(1) Société des Amis du Muséum d'Histoire
Naturelle de Strasbourg;
(2) Société des Sciences Naturelles de Strasbourg;
(3) Société des Sciences de Nancy;
(4) Société Lorraine des Sciences;
(5) Académie et Société Lorraines des
Sciences; and
(6) Académie Lorraine des Sciences (its current name).]
England Oxford
Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire
[The Society was founded in 1828 as the Ashmolean Society.
In 1901, the Oxfordshire Natural History Society merged with it to
form the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire.]
Medicinische Gesellschaft zu Leipzig
(Medical Society in Leipzig)
[The Society was founded on 1829, January 13 as the
Medicinische Gesellschaft zu Leipzig.
It was also called at times the
Medizinische Gesellschaft zu Leipzig.
It ceased in 1943 December.]
Ceased
Denmark Copenhagen
Societas Philiatrica =
Philiatrien
(Society of Medical Knowledge)
[The Society was founded on 1829 May 29 as an alternative to the
Kongelige
Medicinske Selskab, which
had been founded in 1772 (p.176-177,
Genner).
(Note: This is not to be
confused with an
earlier society also called Societas Philiatrica that existed from
1787 to 1791.)
In 1872, the two societies merged to form the
Medicinske Selskab i København.]
