French Academy of Sciences

The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV. Its aim was to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. It was involved with many of the important scientific developments in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.
It is one of the earliest academies of sciences.


 People of the Academy 
Here are some incomplete lists of the officers of the academy.

Presidents
 1801–1814 Napoleon Bonaparte
 1952–1962 Albert Caquot
 Currently Jean Salençon

Treasurers
 -1788 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
 1788–1791 Mathieu Tillet

Permanent secretaries
 December 1666 – April 1668 Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel
 April 1668 – December 1669 Jean Gallois
 January 1670 – January 1697 Jean-Baptiste Du Hamel
 January 1697 – December 1740 Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (nominated by the king in January 1699)
 January 1741 – August 1743 Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan
 September 1743 – July 1776 Jean-Paul Grandjean de Fouchy
 August 1777 – August 1793 Nicolas Caritat, marquis de Condorcet

Mathematical Sciences and then Mathematical Sciences and Physics 

 1801–1822 Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
 1822–1830 Joseph Fourier
 1830–1853 François Arago
 1853–1874 Léonce Élie de Beaumont
 1874–1900 Joseph Bertrand
 1900–1917 Gaston Darboux
 1917–1942 Émile Picard
 1942–1975 Louis de Broglie
 1975–1996 Paul Germain
 Currently: Jean Dercourt

Physical Sciences
 1795–1803 Bernard Germain de Lacépède
 1803–1832 Georges Cuvier
 1832–1833 Pierre-Louis Dulong
 1833–1868 Pierre Flourens
 1868–1884 Jean-Baptiste Dumas
 1884–1886 Jules Jamin
 1886–1887 Alfred Vulpian
 1887–1889 Louis Pasteur
 1889–1907 Marcelin Berthelot
 1907 Albert de Lapparent
 1908 Henri Becquerel
 1908–1914 Philippe van Tieghem
 1914–1948 Alfred Lacroix

 Chemistry and Biology 
 1948–1986 Robert Courrier
 1986–1991 Alfred Jost
 1991–2001 François Gros
 2001–2006 Nicole Le Douarin
 Currently Jean-François Bach

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