The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Academy of Moral and Political Science

ACADEMY OF MORAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, founded at Paris in 1795, became the second class of the Institute. It was suppressed by Napoleon in 1803 but was re-established by Louis Philippe in 1832 and forms the fifth class of the Institute. It is composed of 30 members, divided into five sections with five free academicians, five foreign associated and 30 corresponding members.