Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen

The Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen is a learned society based in Rouen, France. It was officially transformed into an academy in June 1744 by letters patent signed by Louis XV, evolving from gatherings of friends interested in botany held in a small garden in the faubourg Bouvreuil. The academy has elected famous artists and scientists as members or correspondents, including Chardin, Pigalle, Parmentier, Necker, Victor Hugo, and the abbé Cochet. It has played a determining role in developing the movement of ideas and the pluralistic updating of cultures in Rouen, which only received a university in 1965. The academy publishes its communications annually in the 'Précis analytique des travaux de l'Académie'.

The academy was officially established in June 1744 when letters patent signed by Louis XV transformed gatherings of friends interested in botany, held in a small garden in the faubourg Bouvreuil, into the Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rouen. Two men contributed to this creation: Fontenelle, the true godfather of the Academy, and Le Cornier de Cideville, a classmate and friend of Voltaire. Famous artists and scientists have been elected to the Academy of Rouen, as residents or correspondents, including Chardin, Pigalle, Parmentier, Necker, Victor Hugo, and the abbé Cochet. In the city, which was not truly endowed with a university until 1965, the Academy's role was decisive in developing the movement of ideas and the pluralistic updating of cultures. Its communications are published each year in the 'Précis analytique des travaux de l'Académie'.

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