Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667 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.
The Institut de France in Paris where the academy is housed
People of the Academy
Here are some incomplete lists of the officers of the academy.
Presidents
Treasurers
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