Cercle des Philadelphes was an academic scientific society in

Saint-Domingue Saint-Domingue () was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1659 to 1804. The name derives from the Spanish main city in the island, Santo Domingo, which came to refer ...

. It was founded in 1784 and ceased to function in 1791. It has been counted as the most prominent academic society in the Americas prior to the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

. One of its founding members was Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry.

References

* James E. McClellan III
Colonialism and Science: Saint Domingue and the Old Regime

American Philosophical Society: Cercle des Philadelphes du Cap François Collection
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