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American Philosophical Society



Significanceofestablishment

Mostoftheselectedmembersarerepresentativesofmathematics,physics,geography,biologicalsciencesandmedicalresearch,socialsciences,andhumanities.Somemembersareselectedbecauseoftheirprofessionalorpublicaffairscontributions.Thetotalmembershipislimitedto500U.S.residentsand100foreignscholars.

PayattentiontothedifferencebetweentheAssociationandtheAmericanPhilosophicalAssociation(APA).TheAmericanPhilosophicalAssociationisaprofessionalcommitteethatspecializesinphilosophy,andtheAmericanPhilosophicalAssociationisthehighestacademicresearchinstitutionintheUnitedStates,anditsstatusisequivalenttothatoftheRoyalSocietyintheUnitedKingdom.TheAmericanPhilosophicalSocietyisanational-levelsocietyestablishedbyAmericanscientistBenjaminFranklinbasedontheRoyalSociety.TheheadquartersoftheAmericanPhilosophicalSocietyislocatedinPennsylvania.Philadelphia.

TobecomeamemberoftheAmericanPhilosophicalAssociation,youmustfirstbein5academicfields,namely,mathematicsandphysics,biology,socialsciences,humanities,skills,andpublicandprivatefields.Achieveacademicachievements.Atthebeginningofthe21stcentury,themembershipoftheAmericanPhilosophicalSocietyhasreachedapproximately850.

Organizepublications

Specializedlibraries.ThedocumentsofBenjaminFranklinandCharlesDarwinarealsocollectedhere.Themainpublicationsare"ConferenceMinutes","Journal","Yearbook"and"Proceedings"(monographs).Thesocietygrantsmanyresearchgrants.

Historyofdevelopment

AmericanPhilosophicalSocietyreferencedbyBenjaminFranklinRoyalSocietyofLondonin1743Foundedintheyear.(HeusestheoriginalmeaningofthetermAizhiinphilosophy.)Thesocietyceasedactivitiesshortlyafteritsestablishment,butresumedin1769andmergedwiththeAmericanSocietyestablishedin1750(accordingtoFranklin's"SpeakingandReadingSociety"in1727.The"Junto"modelisestablished).WiththeexceptionofPhiladelphia,whichwasoccupiedbytheBritishin1777-78,theAssociationheldannualmeetingsafter1769.ThesocietyhasservedasthedefactoNationalAcademyofSciencesformanyyears.

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