Sciences Academy of Lisbon
- Sciences Academy of Lisbon
The Sciences Academy of Lisbon (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa) was created in 1779 in Lisbon, Portugal, as an institution dedicated to the advancement of science and learning with the goal of promoting academic progress and prosperity to the country. Domenico Vandelli was among its mentors and early organizers.
Organization
The Academy has two classes: sciences and letters, and each has 30 full members and 60 corresponding members distributed in six sections. It also has a number of foreign members. The Academy was one of the first national members of the International Council for Science, is one of the 3 Portuguese members of the European Science Foundation and is the Portuguese partner of the European Science Exchange Programme of The Royal Society (United Kingdom).
ee also
*Culture of Portugal
*Science and technology in Portugal
External links
* [http://www.acad-ciencias.pt/ Official site]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Academy of Sciences — An Academy of Sciences is a national academy or another learned society dedicated to sciences.In non English speaking countries, the range of academic fields of the members of a national Academy of Science often includes fields which would not… … Wikipedia
University of Lisbon — Universidade de Lisboa Latin: Universitas Olisiponensis Motto ad lucem To the Light … Wikipedia
Portuguese Military Academy — The Military Academy (Academia Militar, in Portuguese) is a Portuguese military establishment, which has the ability to confer educational qualifications equivalent to a university. It develops activities of teaching, research and support for the … Wikipedia
Military academy — This article is about educational institutions. For the 1940 American film, see Military Academy (Film). A military academy or service academy (in American English) is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the… … Wikipedia
Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… … Universalium
Portugal — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Portugal (disambiguation). Portuguese Republic República Portuguesa (Portuguese) … Wikipedia
João do Rio — Infobox Writer name = João Paulo Emilio Cristóvão dos Santos Coelho Barreto imagesize = caption = pseudonym = João do Rio birthdate = birth date|1881|8|5|mf=y birthplace = Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil deathdate = death date and… … Wikipedia
José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva — (June 13, 1763 ndash; April 6, 1838), Brazilian statesman, naturalist and professor, was born in Santos, São Paulo, then a territory of the Portuguese Empire. He discovered and described four minerals, including most importantly petalite, in… … Wikipedia
Domenico Vandelli — Domenico Agostino Vandelli (Padua, July 8, 1735 Lisbon, June 27, 1816) was an Italian naturalist, who did most of his scientific work in Portugal. He studied at the University of Padua, from which he received a doctorate in Natural Philosophy and … Wikipedia
José Hermano Saraiva — José Hermano Baptista Saraiva (born in Leiria, October 3, 1919), is a Portuguese historian and jurist.He was a professor of law and business managementFact|date=September 2008. He was Minister of Education of Portugal between 1968 and 1970 and… … Wikipedia