CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The APS is an elected body of scholars from all different disciplines. Today the Society has approximately 1,000 elected Members, about 840 of whom are Resident Members (are citizens of or live and work in the United States) and about 160 of whom are International Members from more than two dozen countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

Detailed explanation-3: -Museum at Philosophical Hall Philosophical Hall, adjacent to Independence Hall, has been the home of the American Philosophical Society since 1789.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Other Presidency: Thomas Jefferson and the American Philosophical Society. In 1780, the American Philosophical Society elected Thomas Jefferson to its membership, the beginning of a relationship that would last until Jefferson’s death in 1826.