Talk:American Philosophical Society
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Founding of the University of Pennsylvania
The date "1740" for the founding of the University of Pennsylvania is fictitious. There was no college in Philadelphia until 1755. Franklin and others attempted to found a charity school ca. 1740 that never meet or taught classes. In 1751 they successsfully opened an Academy in Philadelphia that latter deveolped into a higher school or college and much later into a university.
There has never been any particular association between the APS and the Univ. of Penna. except perhpas that they share some members. There has never been any institutional connection.
This acticle needs considerable work!
Past members
How should they be listed?
Here is a member, Eli Kirk Price. Where should people not of the staure of Franklin be fit into the article? --151.197.123.166 03:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Foundation Date
Farley Grubb stated in his paper "Benjamin Franklin and the birth of a perper money Economy" that the Junto discussion group was founded in 1727 which eventually became the American Philosophical society. Not 1743. Jackzhp 22:19, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
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