Bohemian Society of Sciences is the first official scientific organization within Bohemia.

History

The Bohemian Society of Sciences was created from the Private Society for Mathematics, Patriotic History and Natural History, the first scientific society within the frontiers of the later

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. This organization was founded in 1772 and published six volumes of its proceedings before becoming the Bohemian Society of Sciences, and then later becoming the Royal Bohemian Scientific Society in 1784.Agnew, Hugh LeCaine. The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, (Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 2004). 99. Its members included Masons and

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s, and the Royal Bohemian Scientific Society it later established some ties with the Private Scientific and Patriotic Society of Moravia. In the early 18th century, the institution began to become, partially due to its usage of both

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and

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languages, which caused it to lose some of the more radical Czech scientists while the creation of the

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caused the loss of some of the German-speaking scientists. By 1847, members of the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences moved to the Vienna Academy, however, some of the members moved to other academies. Members moving to academies other than the Vienna Academy included: Palacký, Šafařík, Zippe, Presl and Purkyně. History of Czech Sciences and Other Institutes
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. 1 November 2006. After 1847 the sciences have continued to play a role in the Czech state, continuing through the creation of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts, which was created in 1890 through a decree issued by

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, which existed among many other institutions. During the

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, most scientific research was halted due to the

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occupation, but was restarted in 1952 with the creation of the

Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences The Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Czech: ''Československá akademie věd'', Slovak: ''Česko-slovenská akadémia vied'') was established in 1953 to be the scientific center for Czechoslovakia. It was succeeded by the Czech Academy of Science ...

, which continues to operate today.Basic Facts and Mission of ASCR
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Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic The Czech Academy of Sciences (abbr. CAS, cs, Akademie věd České republiky, abbr. AV ČR) was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and its tradition goes back ...

. 1 November 2006

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{{authority control Scientific societies based in the Czech Republic