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Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon =
Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyon
Founding of the Society
Year
Authority / Notes
1700
According to its website, this Academy finds its antecedents in two societies founded in the early 18th century. In 1700 the Académie des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Lyon was founded. In 1713, an Académie des Beaux-Arts de Lyon was founded. In 1736, a split occurred between the music lovers and the members who wanted learned discussions; the latter formed the Société des Conférences, which in 1748 became the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. In 1724, letters patent decreed that the 1700 body and the 1713 body were independent parts of a whole.

In 1758, the Académie des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Lyon and the Société Royale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon were merged by letters patent into a single Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon. The Academy was dissolved in 1793.

It revived in 1800, July 13, as an Athénée (described as a Société libre des sciences, lettres et arts). In 1806, it resumed its former name, the Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon. On 1814, August 29, it became the Académie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon.

The Academy published the following historical monograph to celebrate its tercentenary: L'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Lyon, 1700-2000: trois siècles d'histoire lyonnaise / par Louis David (Lyon : Éd. lyonnaises d'art et d'histoire, 2000. 477 p.)

Seat of the Society
City
Authority / Notes
Lyon
France
This location is supported by its website.
Name of the Society
Dates
Name
Authority
1700 - 1758 Académie des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Lyon Its website.
1713 - 1736 Académie des Beaux-Arts de Lyon Its website.
1736 - 1748 Société des Conférences Its website.
1748 - 1758 Société Royale des Beaux-Arts de Lyon Its website.
1758 - 1793 Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon Its website.
1800 - 1806 Athénée (described as a Société libre des sciences, lettres et arts) Its website.
1806 - 1814 Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon Its website.
1814 - 1848 Académie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon Its website gives the start date as 1814. A record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that "The academy is called Académie royale, nationale, impériale, according to the periods when those designations were in use". That suggests 1848 as the date of change.
1848 - 1852 Académie Nationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon This name and dates are conjecture, based on a record in the Univ. Calif. cat. that indicates that "The academy is called Académie royale, nationale, impériale, according to the periods when those designations were in use".
1852 - 1870 Académie Impériale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon This name and dates are conjecture, based on a record in the Univ. Calif. cat. that indicates that "The academy is called Académie royale, nationale, impériale, according to the periods when those designations were in use".
1871 - Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon The starting date for the current name is conjecture, based on a record in the Univ. Calif. cat. that indicates that "The academy is called Académie royale, nationale, impériale, according to the periods when those designations were in use".
Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon = Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyon Website = http://academiedelyon.nexenservices.com/
Journals of the Society
Years
Full Journal Title
Abbrev.
Indexed
1804-1826
(I-XXIII);
1835 - 1852
(XXIV - ?)
 
A
Comptes-rendus des Travaux de l'Académie de Lyon
The record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. that the title varied frequently (evidently due in part to the changes in the name of the society caused by the changes in political regime).
The same record also indicates that from 1853, this was contained in D.
[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
 
 
1845 - 1846
(1. - 2.)
 
B
Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon / Section des Lettres et Arts
A record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that "The academy is called Académie royale, nationale, impériale, according to the periods when those designations were in use".
Continued by D.
[GBV German Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.]
 
 
1845 - 1847
(1. - 2.)
 
C
Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon / Section des Sciences
This title is probably a cataloguing error. It should likely be: Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon / Section des Sciences .
A record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that "The academy is called Académie royale, nationale, impériale, according to the periods when those designations were in use".
Continued by E.
[GBV German Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.]
Lyon, Acad. Sci. Mém.
[RSLC, v.1, p.xlviii]
RSLC
1851 - 1892
(N.S. 1. - 28.)
 
D
Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon / Classe des Lettres
A record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that "The academy is called Académie royale, nationale, impériale, according to the periods when those designations were in use".
Continues B. Merged with E to form F.
[GBV German Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.]
 
 
1851 - 1892
(N.S. 1. - 31.)
 
E
Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon / Classe des Sciences
A record in the Univ. Calif. cat. indicates that "The academy is called Académie royale, nationale, impériale, according to the periods when those designations were in use".
Continues C. Merged with D to form F.
[GBV German Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.]
Lyon, Acad. Sci. Mém.
[RSLC, v.1, p.xlviii]
Lyon Ac. Mém. (Sci.)
[RSLC, v.13, p.lv]
RSLC
1893 -
(3.Sér. 1. - )
 
F
Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon / Sciences et Lettres
A record in the Bibliot. Nat. France cat. indicates that this title did not appear from 1960 to 1970.
Formed through a merger of D and E.
[GBV German Union cat.; Univ. Calif. cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
Lyon Ac. Mém.
[RSLC, v.13, p.lv]
RSLC

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