In 1786 he was elected a mere-bet of the American philosophical society.
It has since emerged as the second most important philosophical society in the United States.
From this time the group known as the "Philosophical Society" was constituted.
He became vice-president and then as president (1878-1879) of the Philosophical Society.
He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1837.
He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1819.
Practical farming was not the concern of these "philosophical" agricultural societies for gentlemen.
The philosophical society was one of a number of intellectual organizations founded by Franklin.
He's also the former president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society.
For six years he served as the president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society.
