National Activities - Belgium Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettreset des Beaux-Arts de Belgique

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The Royal Academy of Science, Humanities and Fine Arts of Belgium A Literary Society was established in Brussels in 1769 under the auspices of the Count of Cobenzl, a plenipotentiary of the Empress Marie-Thérèse, reporting to Prince Charles de Lorraine, the Lieutenant-Governor of the Low Countries. In letters of patent dated 16 December 1772, Marie-Thérèse granted the Literary Society the title of Imperial and Royal Academy of Sciences and Humanities of Brussels, a title to which several privileges were attached. The Sovereign entrusted the members of the new Academy with the task of promoting the country's intellectual life and stimulating scientific research. Suspended during the twenty-two years of French occupation, the institution was restored by a Royal Decree of 7 May 1816 adopted by King William 1st of the Low Countries. Having survived the 1830 Belgian revolution, the Academy was re-organised under its current title by Royal Decree of King Leopold 1st, who on 1 December 1845 added the Fine Arts Division to the Sciences and Humanities Divisions.

The Academy's activities reflect fully the provisions in Article 1 of its Statutes, quoted below:

"... to promote research and to encourage scientific and artistic undertakings which require its material or moral support. It shall be a centre of cooperation between Belgian scholars, scientists and artists, and between the latter and the scholars, scientists and artists of other countries. It shall publish the work of its members and that of the most deserving researchers, to whom it may award prizes and grants. At the request of the Authorities or on its own initiative, it may express any opinion it considers likely to serve the interests of the Sciences, Humanities and Fine Arts."

The Academy consists of 90 members, 60 correspondent members and 150 associate members (foreign members). There are three Divisions: the Division of Sciences, the Division of Humanities and of Moral and Political Sciences, and the Division of Fine Arts, each one comprising thirty members, twenty correspondent members and fifty associate members.

The Division of Sciences consists of two sections, each comprising fifteen members, ten correspondent members and twenty-five associate members. In particular, the Natural Sciences Section is made up of scholars studying botany, geology, mineralogy, physiology and zoology.

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