The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften) is an independent public institution, located in Munich. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. It appoints scholars whose research has contributed considerably to the increase of knowledge within their subject. The general goal of the academy is the promotion of interdisciplinary encounters and contacts and the cooperation of representatives of different subjects.
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History
The Academy was founded in 1759 by Elector Maximilian III Joseph of Bavaria. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Maximilian III Joseph ( 28 March 1727 – 30 December 1777) was Prince-elector and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777 The foundation was initiated by Councillor Johann Georg Lori (1723-1787), the founder of the Bavarian Learned Society (Bayerische Gelehrten Gesellschaft). Originally, the Academy consisted of two divisions, the Class for History (Historische Klasse) and the Class for Philosophy (Philosophische Klasse); natural sciences, including mathematics and physics, were thought of as part of the Class for Philosophy. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and Physics (Greek Physis - φύσις in everyday terms is the Science of Matter and its motion. Today, the Academy is still divided into two classes, but the classes are now the Class for Philosophy and History (which also includes the humanities and social sciences) and the Class for Mathematics and the Natural Sciences.
Members
In each class, the number of ordinary members is limited to 45, and the number of corresponding members is limited to 80. However, ordinary members at or over the age of 70 are not counted towards this limit; the number of ordinary members is, therefore, usually around 120.
During the course of its history, the academy has had numerous famous members including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Grimm brothers, Theodor Mommsen, Anthimos Gazis, Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt, Kurt Sethe, Max Planck, Otto Hahn, Albert Einstein, Max Weber, Werner Heisenberg and Adolf Butenandt. ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfgaŋ fɔn ˈgøːtə (in English generally ˈgɝːtə 28 August 1749 22 March 1832 was a German writer Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen ( 30 November 1817 &ndash 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, Anthimos Gazis (or Gazes was a scholar a philosopher during the Greek Enlightenment a cartographer and one of the heroes of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman (September 14 1769 &ndash May 6 1859 was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister philosopher and linguist Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Humboldt ( June 22, 1767 April 8, 1835) government functionary Otto Hahn (8 March 1879 &ndash 28 July 1968 was a German Chemist who received the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering Nuclear fission Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (maks 'veːbɐ (21 April 1864 &ndash 14 June 1920 was a German political economist and sociologist who was considered Werner Heisenberg (5 December 1901 in Würzburg &ndash1 February 1976 in Munich) was a German theoretical physicist best known for enunciating the Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt ( March 24, 1903 &ndash January 18, 1995) was a German Biochemist.
Presidents
First president was the chairman of the Mint and Mining Commission, Sigmund Count of Haimhausen. Further presidents included Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Friedrich Wilhelm von Schelling, Justus von Liebig, Ignaz von Döllinger, Max von Pettenkofer and Walther Meißner. Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi ( 25 January, 1743 - 10 March, 1819) was a German Philosopher notable for coining the term Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling ( January 27, 1775 – August 20, 1854) later von Schelling, was a German Philosopher Justus von Liebig ( May 12, 1803 &ndash April 18, 1873) was a German Chemist Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger ( February 28, 1799 - January 14, 1890) was a German theologian, Catholic Max Joseph von Pettenkofer ( 3 December 1818 - 10 February 1901) Bavarian chemist and hygienist was born at Lichtenheim, Fritz Walther Meißner (or Meissner ( December 16, 1882, Berlin &ndash November 16, 1974, Munich) was a German technical
At present, the presidency is held by Prof. Dr. Dietmar Willoweit.
Commissions of the Academy
For the pursuit of long-term projects, the Academy forms Commissions. At present, 39 Commissions employ more than 300 persons.
Address
Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Alfons-Goppel-Str. 11
80539 München
Germany
Tel. +49-89-23031-1141
See also
- Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
- Technical University of Munich
- List of universities in Germany
- Bavaria
- German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
External links
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