German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

"Leopoldina (academy of sciences)" redirect here. For the University of Wrocław, see Leopoldina (university)
German National Academy of Natural Sciences Leopoldina
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Founded1 January 1652, Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
TypeNational academy (since 2007)
Location
Servicesscholarships, awards, consultation, research
Fieldsscience, academics
Members
1,600 members
Key people
Gerald Haug (President)
Websiteleopoldina.org

The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (German: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany. It is in Halle. Started on 1 January 1652, based on models in Italy, it was first named the Academia Naturae Curiosorum until 1687 when Emperor Leopold I raised it to an academy and named it after himself.[1] It was then known under the German name Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina until 2007, when it was said publicly to be Germany's National Academy of Sciences.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jedlitschka, Karsten (June 20, 2008). "The Archive of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle (Salle): more than 350 year of the history of science". Notes & Records of the Royal Society. 62 (2): 237–244. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2007.0009 – via JSTOR.