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American Philosophical Society (313)

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Inter...

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American Philosophical Society. Curators (5)

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American Philosophical Society. Historical & Literary Committee (8)

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The indigenous languages of the Americas first became a significant interest at the American Philosophical Society under the Society's third President, Thomas Jefferson. In his Notes on the State of Virginia (1783), Jefferson had laid the conceptual foundation for reconstructing a history of Indian peoples based upon a systematic analysis of their languages, and while he collected some vocabularies himself to that end, he was remarkably effective at spurring others. Most famously...

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American Philosophical Society. Board of officers (5)

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American Physical Society and American Philosophical Society. (3)

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American Philosophical Society. Committee on publications (3)

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American Philosophical Society Committee on Finance (3)

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American Philosophical Society. Treasurer (2)

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American Philosophical Society. Membership. (2)

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American Philosophical Society. Art. (2)

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