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4 unusual facts about Prussian Academy


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Since 1957, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the founder of the Prussian Academy in 1700, and „theoria cum praxi“ are used as symbols.

Bruno Bauch

Bauch was an influential figure in the Kant-Gesellschaft (Kant Society) and helped publish the Prussian Academy's edition of Kant's collected works.

Christoph Martin Wieland

A new critical edition was started by the Prussian Academy in 1909, of which 22 volumes were published by 1963.

Werner Kolhörster

In 1930, Kolhörster started the first institute for the study of cosmic rays in Potsdam, with financial assistance from the Prussian Academy.



see also

Prussian Academy of Arts

After the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome and the Académies Royales in Paris, the Prussian Academy of Art was the oldest institution of its kind in Europe, with a similar foundational mission to other royal academies of that time, such as the Real Academia Española in Madrid, the Royal Society in London, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm or the Russian Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg.