The Académie de Stanislas is a

learned society A learned society ( ; also scholarly, intellectual, or academic society) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences. Membership may be open to al ...

founded in

Nancy, France Nancy is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the northeastern Departments of France, French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It was the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, which was Lorraine and Barrois, annexed by France under King Louis X ...

on 28 December 1750 by the King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and Bar,

Stanisław Leszczyński Stanisław I Leszczyński (Stanisław Bogusław; 20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766), also Anglicized and Latinized as Stanislaus I, was twice King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, and at various times Prince of Deux-Ponts, Duk ...

, under the name ''Société Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Nancy''. It was established in the old Jesuit College, the building which founded the

Nancy-Université Nancy-Université was a French federal university which federated the three principal institutes of higher education in Nancy, Lorraine before their merger into the University of Lorraine: * Henri Poincaré University (UHP, also known as Na ...

until its temporary suppression by the Jacobin Convention in 1793, and which has now become the Municipal Library of Nancy.

Presidents

* 13 June 2010 : Christiane Dupuy-Stutzmann * 1900 : Charles de Meixmoron de Dombasle

Past members

Charles Berlet Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

, Jacqueline Brumaire,

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Auguste Digot Auguste Digot (28 August 1815, Nancy – 29 May 1864, idem, aged 48) was a 19th-century French historian whose work was dedicated to the history of Lorraine. Works A lawyer and member of the Académie de Stanislas, Digot wrote several articles ...

Frédéric Eichhoff Frédéric Gustave Eichhoff (17 August 1799, in Le Havre – 10 May 1875, in Paris) was a French linguist and philologist. He studied at Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1826 with a thesis on Hesiod. In 1837–38, he worked as a substitute for ...

Gilles Fabre Gilles Fabre (October 7, 1933 – August 19, 2007) was a French painter. Biography Gilles Fabre was born on October 7, 1933, in Blâmont, France. In 1950, he passed the entrance examination at the National School of Art and Design of Nancy. H ...

, Nicolas-Louis François de Neufchâteau,

Émile Gallé Émile Gallé (; 4 May 1846 in Nancy, France, Nancy – 23 September 1904 in Nancy) was a French artist and designer who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major innovators in the French Art Nouveau movement. He was noted fo ...

André Grandpierre André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal, ...

, Maurice Grandpierre, Prosper Guerrier de Dumast,

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, Cardinal François-Désiré Mathieu,

Montesquieu Charles Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (18 January 168910 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French judge, man of letters, historian, and political philosopher. He is the principal so ...

René Nicklès René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine ...

, Charles Palissot de Montenoy, Maurice Perrin,

Christian Pfister Christian Pfister, name sometimes given as Chrétien Pfister (13 February 1857 in Beblenheim – 16 May 1933 in Beblenheim) was a French historian. He was the author of numerous writings associated with Alsace and Lorraine. He received his ...

Joseph de Pommery Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef (given name), Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mode ...

, Dr. André Remy (22 January 1949), Julien Thoulet (1894),

Élise Voïart Élise Voïart, (1786-1866) was a writer and translator from Nancy, France, specializing in historical works, fiction and children's books. She held literary salons at her home when she lived near Paris. Biography Élise was born 10 February 1 ...

(first woman member).

Honorary member

André Rossinot André Rossinot (born 22 May 1939) is a French politician. He is a medical doctor specialist in Otolaryngology. He is a member of the Radical Party. Career Between 1978 and 1997, he was a member of the French National Assembly. From 1993 un ...

, Mayor of Nancy

Associated corresponding members

Present corresponding members

Jean-Jacques Aillagon Jean-Jacques Aillagon (; born 2 October 1946, Metz) is a French museum director and politician. Aillagon was a close confidant of Jacques Chirac, as well as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) political party. He became Minist ...

Christiane Desroches Noblecourt Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (; 17 November 1913 – 23 June 2011) was a French Egyptologist. She was the author of many books on Art of Ancient Egypt, Egyptian art and History of Egypt, history and was also known for her role in the Inte ...

Jean Favier Jean Favier (2 April 1932 – 12 August 2014) was a French historian, who specialized in Medieval history. From 1975 to 1994, he was director of the French National Archives. From 1994 to 1997, he was president of the Bibliothèque nationale de F ...

, Marc Fumaroli,

Yves Guéna Yves Guéna (; 6 July 1922 – 3 March 2016) was a French politician. In 1940, he joined the Free French Forces in the United Kingdom. He received several decorations for his courage. Political life First elected under the banner of the lef ...

, Otto von Habsburg-Lorraine,

Jean Tulard Jean Tulard (; born 22 December 1933, Paris) is a French academic and historian. Considered one of the best specialists of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Napoleonic era ( Directory, Consulate and First French Empire), he is nicknamed by his peers ...

Past corresponding members

Clovis Brunel Clovis Brunel was a French philologist and writer. Selected works * ''Les miracles de saint Privat. ''Suivis des ''Opuscules d'Aldebert III, évêque de Mende'', Paris, A. Picard, 1912 * éd. de Bertran de Marseille, ''La vie de sainte Énimi ...

Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis (; 21 May 1792 – 19 September 1843) was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, le ...

, Amiral

Émile Guépratte Émile Paul Aimable Guépratte (30 August 1856 – 21 November 1939) was a French admiral. Biography Guépratte was born in Granville to a family of naval officers. He studied at the ''Lycée impérial'' in Brest from 1868, and joined the Écol ...

Charles Hermite Charles Hermite () FRS FRSE MIAS (24 December 1822 – 14 January 1901) was a French mathematician who did research concerning number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra. Hermite p ...

, Cardinal

Paul-Émile Léger Paul-Émile Léger (April 26, 1904 – November 13, 1991) was a Canadian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Montréal from 1950 to 1967. A member of the Sulpicians, he was made a cardinal in 1953 by Pope Pius XII. Early life and ed ...

Joseph Liouville Joseph Liouville ( ; ; 24 March 1809 – 8 September 1882) was a French mathematician and engineer. Life and work He was born in Saint-Omer in France on 24 March 1809. His parents were Claude-Joseph Liouville (an army officer) and Thérès ...

Pierre Messmer Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer (; 20 March 191629 August 2007) was a French Gaullist politician. He served as Minister of Armies under Charles de Gaulle from 1960 to 1969 – the longest serving since Étienne François, duc de Choiseul under ...

, Dr. André Remy (5/5/1945),

Roger Viry-Babel Roger Viry-Babel (1945 in Mirecourt, Vosges – 2006), saw himself as an entertainer, academic and French filmmaker. Pioneer of audiovisual teaching at the University of Nancy II and at its European film institute (IECA), he spent his life br ...

Józef Andrzej Załuski Józef Andrzej Załuski (12 January 17029 January 1774) was a Polish Catholic priest, Bishop of Kiev, a sponsor of learning and culture, and a renowned bibliophile. A member of the Polish nobility (''szlachta''), bearing the hereditary Junos ...

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Académie de Stanislas

Memoirs of the Académie de Stanislas from 1853 to 1931, listed by the Bibliothèque nationale de France on Gallica
{{DEFAULTSORT:Academie de Stanislas Learned societies of France 1750 establishments in France Nancy, France Organizations based in Grand Est