Swiss Academy of Sciences

founded 6. October 1815

: SANW :: Académie suisse des sciences naturelles :: Schweizerische Akademie der Naturwissenschaften :: ASSN

The Academy of Swiss Natural Sciences was founded as a society of learned men.

Johann Conrad Fischer joined the society in 1817 and became friends with numerous natural scientists of his time. In 1825, he became acquainted with the engineer Jean-Daniel Colladon at a meeting of the association in Solothurn and visited him several times at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London.

Traveljournal 1825

Traveljournal 1845

“So you, too, are in England, Colonel?” 21 July 1845

Traveljournal 1851

Fischer and his exhibits, 25 June 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

Cite as: Swiss Academy of Sciences. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-8103, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Title page of the publication announcing the Annual Meeting of the General Swiss Society for All Natural Sciences, chaired by Johann Conrad Fischer, 1824