The American Philosophical Society is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources and community outreach. It was founded by the polymath Benjamin Franklin and is considered the first learned society founded in what became the United States. Its headquarters and museum, Philosophical Hall, stands just east of Independence Hall in Independence National Historical Park and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965. The society has about 1,000 elected members.
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The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
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The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.
Antoine Lavoisier (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Antoine Lavoisier, Awards and honoursQuote, Has Member: Antoine Lavoisier, Awards and honours
He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1775.
Grove Karl Gilbert (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: Grove Karl Gilbert, AwardsQuote, Has Member: Grove Karl Gilbert, Awards
He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1902.
Wikipedia: Joachim Barrande
Has Member: Joachim Barrande, Life and careerQuote, Has Member: Joachim Barrande, Life and career
In 1862, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.
Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont, Wikipedia
Has Member: Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont, BiographyQuote, Has Member: Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont, Biography
His growing scientific reputation secured his election to the membership of the Academy of Berlin, of the French Academy of Sciences, of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1845), of the Royal Society of London, as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1848), and as an international member of the American Philosophical Society (1860).
Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Hermann von Meyer, LifeQuote, Has Member: Hermann von Meyer, Life
Two years later, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
Wikipedia: Heinrich Georg Bronn
Has Member: Heinrich Georg Bronn, BiographyQuote, Has Member: Heinrich Georg Bronn, Biography
Bronn was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1860.
Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann - Wikipedia
Has Member: Carl Friedrich Naumann, LifeQuote, Has Member: Carl Friedrich Naumann, Life
In 1869, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society.
Oswald Heer - Wikipedia
Has Member: Oswald Heer, BiographyQuote, Has Member: Oswald Heer, Biography
In 1862, Heer was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.
Hendrik Kramers (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Hendrik Kramers, RecognitionQuote, Has Member: Hendrik Kramers, Recognition
He was an International member of the American Philosophical Society.
Carl Vogt (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Carl Vogt, Career, institutionQuote, Has Member: Carl Vogt, Career, institution
He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1869
Hermann Burmeister (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Hermann Burmeister, Career, institutionQuote, Has Member: Hermann Burmeister, Career, institution
He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1856
Heinrich Göppert (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Heinrich Göppert, Career, institutionQuote, Has Member: Heinrich Göppert, Career, institution
In 1862, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society
Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld, Career, institutionQuote, Has Member: Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld, Career, institution
He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1869
George Henry Horn (Wikipedia)
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He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1869
Edwin Conklin (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Edwin Conklin, Text, member of american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Edwin Conklin, Text, member of american-philosophical-society
In 1897, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society
Joseph Erlanger (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Joseph Erlanger, BiographyQuote, Has Member: Joseph Erlanger, Biography
the American Philosophical Society in 1927
Herbert Spencer Gasser (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Herbert Spencer Gasser, BiographyQuote, Has Member: Herbert Spencer Gasser, Biography
the American Philosophical Society
Gaston Planté (Wikipedia)
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He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1882.
Alphonse Favre (Wikipedia)
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In 1888, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.
Baruch Samuel Blumberg (Wikipedia)
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He was president of the American Philosophical Society from 2005 until his death
Rolf M. Zinkernagel (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Career, american-philosophical-society
the American Philosophical Society, and The Academy of Cancer Immunology
Sune Bergström (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Sune Bergström, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Sune Bergström, Career, american-philosophical-society
the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society
Konrad Emil Bloch (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Konrad Emil Bloch, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Konrad Emil Bloch, Career, american-philosophical-society
the United States National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society
Gerald Edelman (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Gerald Edelman, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Gerald Edelman, Career, american-philosophical-society
both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1968) and the American Philosophical Society (1977)
Feodor Lynen (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Feodor Lynen, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Feodor Lynen, Career, american-philosophical-society
1966: elected to the American Philosophical Society
Harold E. Varmus (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Harold E. Varmus, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Harold E. Varmus, Career, american-philosophical-society
1994: elected to the American Philosophical Society
Hassler Whitney (Wikipedia)
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In 1947 he was elected member of the American Philosophical Society
Peter Lax (Wikipedia)
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and the American Philosophical Society
Rudolf Virchow (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Rudolf Virchow, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Rudolf Virchow, Career, american-philosophical-society
In 1862, he was elected as an international Member of the American Philosophical Society
Alfred North Whitehead (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Alfred North Whitehead, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Alfred North Whitehead, Career, american-philosophical-society
He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1926
William Huggins (Wikipedia)
Has Member: William Huggins, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: William Huggins, Career, american-philosophical-society
Elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1895
James Joseph Sylvester (Wikipedia)
Has Member: James Joseph Sylvester, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: James Joseph Sylvester, Career, american-philosophical-society
In 1877, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society
Henri Milne-Edwards (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Henri Milne-Edwards, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Henri Milne-Edwards, Career, american-philosophical-society
He was elected an international member of the American Philosophical Society in 1860
Samuel Langley (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Samuel Pierpont Langley, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Samuel Pierpont Langley, Career, american-philosophical-society
In 1875, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society
Henry Roscoe (chemist) (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Henry Enfield Roscoe, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Henry Enfield Roscoe, Career, american-philosophical-society
In 1903, he was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society
Norman Lockyer (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Joseph Norman Lockyer, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Joseph Norman Lockyer, Career, american-philosophical-society
He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1874
E. T. Whittaker (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Career, american-philosophical-society
the American Philosophical Society in 1944
William Henry Flower (Wikipedia)
Has Member: William Henry Flower, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: William Henry Flower, Career, american-philosophical-society
In 1869, he was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society
Ray Lankester (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Edwin Ray Lankester, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Edwin Ray Lankester, Career, american-philosophical-society
an International Member of both the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society in 1903
Arthur Schuster (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Arthur Schuster, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Arthur Schuster, Career, american-philosophical-society
Schuster was elected to both the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society
Arthur Amos Noyes (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Arthur Amos Noyes, Career, american-philosophical-societyQuote, Has Member: Arthur Amos Noyes, Career, american-philosophical-society
Noyes was an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the United States National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society
Benjamin Smith Barton (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Benjamin Smith Barton, Career, American Philosophical SocietyQuote, Has Member: Benjamin Smith Barton, Career, American Philosophical Society
Barton was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1789.
Carl Peter Thunberg (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Carl Peter Thunberg, Institution 2Quote, Has Member: Carl Peter Thunberg, Institution 2
He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1791
Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (Wikipedia)
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He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1819
Joseph-Philippe-François Deleuze (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Joseph-Philippe-François Deleuze, Institution 2Quote, Has Member: Joseph-Philippe-François Deleuze, Institution 2
In 1817, Deleuze was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society
Thomas Godfrey (inventor) (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Thomas Godfrey, LeadQuote, Has Member: Thomas Godfrey, Lead
was a member of American Philosophical Society with the title "mathematician"
Jan Ingenhousz (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Jan Ingenhousz, Honours, American Philosophical SocietyQuote, Has Member: Jan Ingenhousz, Honours, American Philosophical Society
a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1786
Torbern Bergman (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Torbern Bergman, Career, American Philosophical SocietyQuote, Has Member: Torbern Bergman, Career, American Philosophical Society
In 1773 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.
Peter Simon Pallas (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Peter Simon Pallas, Life and work, American Philosophical SocietyQuote, Has Member: Peter Simon Pallas, Life and work, American Philosophical Society
Pallas was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1791.
John Bartram (Wikipedia)
Has Member: John Bartram, Plant collecting, correspondence, and travelsQuote, Has Member: John Bartram, Plant collecting, correspondence, and travels
Bartram was one of the co-founders, along with Benjamin Franklin, of the American Philosophical Society
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Career, American Philosophical SocietyQuote, Has Member: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Career, American Philosophical Society
in 1768 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society
William Cranch Bond (Wikipedia)
Has Member: William Cranch Bond, Harvard Observatory, American Philosophical SocietyQuote, Has Member: William Cranch Bond, Harvard Observatory, American Philosophical Society
In 1852, Bond was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.
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