Charles Messier's Academy and Academic Society Memberships
During his career as Astronomer of the Navy, Charles Messier was elected as a
member of most European Academies and a number of academic societies:
1764 May 21 Academy of Harlem (Netherlands)
1764 Dec 6 Royal Society, London
1765 Mar 4 Academy of Auxerre
1765 Apr Institute of Bologne
1769 Apr 26 Royal Academy of Sweden, Stockholm
1769 Sep 14 Royal Academy of Prussia, Berlin
1770 Jun 30 Académie Royale des Sciences (Royal Academy of Sciences), Paris
1772 May 25 Academy of Brussels (Belgium)
1772 Dec 16 Royal Academy of Hungary
1777 Jan 9 Emperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg (Russia)
1780 May 11 Literary Society of Upsala, Sweden
1784 Academy of Sciences of Dublin
1785 Aug 9 Académy de Stanislav, Nancy
1788 Jul 28 Academy of Vergara, Spain
1795 Dec 13 Institut National des Sciences et Arts (Paris)
1796 Jun Bureau des Longitudes (Paris)
1808 Bavarian Academy of Sciences
References:
- Jean-Paul Philbert:
Charles Messier. Le furet des cometes.
Editions Pierron, 2 rue Gutenberg, 57206 Sarreguemines, France, 2000.
In French.
Hartmut Frommert
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