The Royal Society of the Humanities at Uppsala ( sv, Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala) is a

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for the study of the humanities.

Founding

The society was founded in 1889 by a donation from tannery factory owner Jacob Westin in Stockholm who gave SEK 50,000 in his will dated 1878 to form a scientific community to further the study of philosophy, philology and history sciences. Westin also donated a large collection of books and manuscripts to

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Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala. Retrieved 8 November 2015. The society's statutes were ratified by the Swedish king on 28 March 1896.

Prizes

The society annually awards a prize to two doctoral dissertations, known as the Westinska prize.

References

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