The Académie de Marseille (English: Academy of Marseille), officially the Académie des sciences, lettres et arts de Marseille, is a French learned society based in Marseille. It was founded in 1726 and includes those in the city involved in the arts, letters, and sciences.
History The Académie de Marseille was created by letters patent of Louis XV in August 1726, which stated in particular that the number of members would be limited to twenty. The founding document furthermore stated that all twenty members must live in Marseille. However, the actual number of founding members was twenty-one, due to the insistence of that Henri de Belsunce also be offered membership. This was rectified in 1730 when resigned from the Académie and was not replaced.
Founding Members NameProfession1Antoine-Louis de Chalamont de la VisclèdeWriter2Claude-Mathieu OlivierLawyer and poet3Jean-André PeyssonnelDoctor and naturalist4Charles PeyssonnelLawyer5Paul Alexandre DulardPoet6Félix CaryNumismatist and writer7Paul Augustin de PorradeScholar8Marc Antoine TaxilPoet9Pierre de RobineauArmy commissioner10Jean-Baptiste Dupont (abbé)Abbot11Jean Joseph de GérinLieutenant general of the Admiralty12Joseph Félix de GravierLawyer13Balthazar EymarCanon14Joseph Louis de VacconCanon of the Marseille Cathedral15Thomas Le FournierPriest of Abbey of Saint Victor16Melchior de CrozePriest of Abbey of Saint Victor17Charles Gaspard Guillaume Raffélis de SoissansPriest of Abbey of Saint Victor18Jean-Baptiste Bertrand (doctor)Doctor19Hector Léonard de Sainte-Colombe, Bailli de l'AubépinChef d'escadre20Henri de BelsunceBishop of Marseille21Jean-Pierre RigordDelegate of the intendant of Provence
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External links Académie de Marseille - official site