Talk:The American Academy of Arts and Letters
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Bela Lyon Pratt was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which had been founded in 1780. In the 19th century, it was occasionally referred to as the "National Academy" by some writers. I am removing Bela Lyon Pratt's name from the page. Superslum 18:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] AAAS members
http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterP.pdf
A book containing the names of members from 1780 to 2005 may be viewed at that URL. Bela Lyon Pratt was elected in 1913.
Superslum 22:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
They are members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Superslum 23:00, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Other groups
- The United States National Academy of Sciences was created on March 3, 1863.
- The National Academy of Engineering (1964) is in existence.
[edit] Redundant membership lists?
When I first stumbled across this article, the text included three distinct paragraphs listing members: (a) living members in 1924; (b) living members in 1909; and (c) members who were no longer living in 1909. None of these lists were in alphabetical order. Now, having alphabetized each membership set, I only know that the 1924 list remains in the text where it was placed by an unknown editor for who-knows-what reason. The plausibly redundant lists of academicians have been moved here ....
First ten years information
The first annual meeting of the Academy of Arts and Letters was held in 1909 and the living members of the Academy at that time were:
The deceased membership in 1909 included: Edwin Austin Abbey; Thomas Bailey Aldrich; John Bigelow; Samuel L. Clemens; Francis Marion Crawford; Horace Howard Furness; Augustus Saint Gaudens; Daniel Coit Gilman; Richard Watson Gilder; Edward Everett Hale; Joel Chandler Harris; Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Winslow Homer; Bronson Howard; Julia Ward Howe; Joseph Jefferson; John La Farge; Henry Charles Lea; John Hay; Edward MacDowell; Charles Follen McKim; Francis Davis Millet; Donald Grant Mitchell; William Vaughn Moody; Charles Eliot Norton; Carl Schurz; Edmund Clarence Stedman; John Quincy Adams Ward.
At this point, I don't know an easy way to verify the accuracy of any of this material; but I did note that William Elliot Griffis, one of the founding members of the organization, was omitted entirely. In the absence of any bibliographic references or in-line citations, the only fact on which anyone can rely is that William Elliot Griffis was a member from 1898 through his death in February 1928. --Tenmei (talk) 20:17, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
