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Wikipedia's article on the founding and history of the French Academy of Sciences, established under Louis XIV.

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Academy_of_Sciences
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for uncontested institutional facts (founding date, minister of state credited with its founding, seat) that are matters of public record rather than interpretation.
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This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Institutions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

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