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The Lisbon Academy of Sciences ( pt, Academia das Ciências de Lisboa) is
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's
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dedicated to the advancement of sciences and learning, with the goal of promoting academic progress and prosperity in
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
. It is one of Portugal's most prestigious scientific authorities and the official regulator of the
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in Portugal, through its Class of Letters.


History

The academy was founded on 24 December 1779 in Lisbon,
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, by João Carlos de Bragança, Duke de Lafões, who served as the academy's first President, and
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, who served as its first secretary-general.
Domenico Vandelli Domenico Agostino Vandelli (Padua, 8 July 1735 – Lisbon, 27 June 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 Philos ...
was among its mentors and early organizers. The academy received
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under Queen
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in 1783, bestowing the title of ''Royal Academy of Sciences'' (''Real Academia das Ciências'') unto the institution. The seat of the academy in Lisbon has been located in the
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district of Lisbon since 1834.


Organization

The Academy has two classes: the Class of Sciences and the Class of 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 two Portuguese members of the European Science Foundation and is the Portuguese partner of the European Science Exchange Programme of The Royal Society (United Kingdom).


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See also

* Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Class of Letters *
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* {{Authority control 1779 establishments in Portugal Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint James of the Sword Members of the International Council for Science
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Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
Academy of Sciences An academy of sciences is a type of learned society or academy (as special scientific institution) dedicated to sciences that may or may not be state funded. Some state funded academies are tuned into national or royal (in case of the Unit ...
Portuguese language academies
Academy of Sciences An academy of sciences is a type of learned society or academy (as special scientific institution) dedicated to sciences that may or may not be state funded. Some state funded academies are tuned into national or royal (in case of the Unit ...
Scientific organizations established in 1779 Members of the International Science Council