Formation 24 December 1779 Official language Portuguese | Headquarters Lisbon, Portugal | |
 | ||
Motto Nisi utile est quod facimus stulta est gloria President Artur Anselmo de Oliveira Soares Secretary-General Maria Salomé Soares Pais Telles Antunes | ||
The Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Portuguese: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa) is a scholarly society dedicated to the advancement of science and learning, with the goal of promoting academic progress and prosperity in Portugal. It is the utmost scientific authority in Portugal and the official regulator of the Portuguese language, through its Class of Letters.
Contents
History
The Academy was created on 24 December 1779 in Lisbon, Portugal as the Royal Academy of Sciences (Real Academia das Ciências).
Domenico Vandelli was among its mentors and early organizers.
Organization
The Academy has two classes: the Class of Sciences and the Class of Letters, and each has 30 full members and 60 corresponding members distributed in six sections. It also has a number of foreign members. The Academy was one of the first national members of the International Council for Science, is one of two Portuguese members of the European Science Foundation and is the Portuguese partner of the European Science Exchange Programme of The Royal Society (United Kingdom).