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International Congresses 



An international congress of astronomical societies took place in Paris, in 1914. 



Comite international permanent pour I'execution de la carte photographique du 

 ciel (1889-1909). Conference internationale des etoiles fondamentales 1896. 

 Congres astrophotographique international 1887. Congres international des ephe- 

 merides astronomiques 1911. Congres international des societes astronomiques 

 1914. 



International Astronomical Conferences: 



I. Rome 1922 

 II. Cambridge 1925 



III. Leyden 1928 



IV. Cambridge, Mass. 1932 



International Congresses of Biochemistry: 



I. Cambridge 1949 



International Biometric Conferences: 



I. Woods Hole, Massachusetts 1947 ( 1 ) 



II. Geneva 1949 



V. Paris 1935 

 VI. Stockholm 1938 

 VII. Zurich 1948 



II. Paris 1952 



III. Italy 1953 (2) 



( 1 ) At that time the Biometric Society was formed. An international society 

 devoted to the mathematical and statistical aspects of biology. Secretary: Box 1106, 

 New Haven 4, Connecticut. 



(2) A Biometric Symposium will take place somewhere in India in 1951 and 

 help prepare the third congress. 



International Botanical Congresses: 



Some of the early congresses were called international congresses of horticulture 

 and botany. About twenty meetings took place between 1864 and 1892: 



I. Brussels 1864 

 II. Amsterdam 1865 



III. London 1866 



IV. Paris 1867 



V. St. Petersburg 1869 

 VI. London 1871 

 VII. Ghent and Vienna 1873 

 VIII. Florence 1874 

 IX. Cologne 1875 

 X. Brussels 1876 



A new series began in 1900: 



I. Paris 1900 

 II. Vienna 1905 



III. Brussels 1910 



IV. Ithaca, N. Y. 1926 



XI. Amsterdam 1877 

 XII. Paris 1878 



XIII. Leyden 1879 



XIV. Brussels 1880 

 XV. Antwerp 1881 



XVI. Ghent and Paris 1883 

 St. Petersburg 1884 

 Antwerp 1885 

 Paris 1889 

 Genoa 1892 



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XVIII 



XIX 



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V. Cambridge 1930 



VI. Amsterdam 1935 



VII. Stockholm 1950 



(Vin. Paris 1954) 



Secretary of the Interim Commission (Botanical Section of the International 

 Union of Biological Sciences ) : Frans Verdoorn, Chronica Botanica House, 

 Waltham, Mass. Dr. Verdoorn recently prepared a historical review of the plant 

 science congresses which will be pubHshed in the Proceedings of the Stockholm 

 Congress. This congress passed a resolution, proposed by Verdoorn, according to 

 which future international botanical congresses will have a special section for the 

 history of tlie plant sciences. 



International Congresses of Byzantine Research: 



I. Bucharest 1924 

 II. Belgrade 1927 



III. Athens 1930 



IV. Sofia 1934 



V. Rome 1936 

 VI. Paris 1948 

 VII. Bruxelles 1948 

 VIII. Palermo 1951 



The Vlth Congress replaced the one which was scheduled to meet in Alger 1939; 

 it took place in Paris from July 27 to August 2, 1948, and was immediately followed 

 by the Vllth Congress in Bruxelles from 4 to 15 August same year. This is the 

 only example of two international congresses of the same series taking place in im- 



