American Academy of Arts and Sciences

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:learned_society
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:AAAS
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Rumford_Prize gptkb:Amory_Prize gptkb:Emerson-Thoreau_Medal
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:enrollment	by election only
gptkbp:field	gptkb:art humanities public affairs sciences
gptkbp:founded	1780
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Elbridge_Gerry gptkb:John_Adams gptkb:John_Hancock gptkb:Robert_Treat_Paine gptkb:Samuel_Adams gptkb:James_Bowdoin
gptkbp:headquarters_location	gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:honoraryDegree	over 600
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	American Academy of Arts and Sciences
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:membership	by election
gptkbp:motto	To cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, independent, and virtuous people.
gptkbp:notable_member	gptkb:Albert_Einstein gptkb:Charles_Darwin gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg gptkb:Toni_Morrison gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:notable_project	gptkb:Lincoln_Project gptkb:Commission_on_the_Future_of_Undergraduate_Education gptkb:Commission_on_the_Practice_of_Democratic_Citizenship gptkb:Humanities_Indicators
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	over 5,700 active members
gptkbp:organization	independent policy research center
gptkbp:president	gptkb:David_W._Oxtoby
gptkbp:publishes	gptkb:Dædalus
gptkbp:purpose	advancement and study of the arts and sciences
gptkbp:region_served	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:tax_status	gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:website	https://www.amacad.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Vannevar_Bush
gptkbp:bfsLayer	1