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Academy of Lyon
The
Academy of Sciences
, Humanities and
Arts
of
Lyon
is a
French
learned society
founded
in
1700
. The founders were:
Claude Brossette
, lawyer, alderman of
Lyons
, and
administrator
of the
Hôtel-Dieu de Lyon
;
Laurent Dugas
,
President
of the
Cour des monnaies
;
,
future
consulting physician of
King Louis XIV
and member of the
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
;
Antoine
de
Serre
,
adviser
to the Cour des monnaies;
Louis de
Puget
, naturalist;
Father
Jean de Saint-Bonnet, professor at
Trinity College
;
Thomas Bernard
Fellon.
It
appears
to have continued to be active, with some intermissions, until at least 2013.
Notable Members
Joseph D'Aquin
Jean Pouilloux
