Teylers Godgeleerd Genootschap Teyler's Godgeleerd Genootschap Teylers Eerste Genootschap Teyler's Theological Society Teyler's First Society

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1778	According to Teylers Stichting (1978), p.12, this Society was formed as a result of a bequest by Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, who died on 1778, April 8. Teylers Stichting (1978), p.11 makes it clear that Teyler lived in Haarlem and until 1763 was an important and successful merchant and silk manufacturer; during the last 15 years of his life he was chiefly a banker. According to Teylers Stichting (1978), p.12, his executors gathered together shortly after his death to carry out the terms of his will, which specified, among other things, the cultivation of religion and the encouragement of the arts and sciences. To attain these latter goals, two societies were called into life, Teylers Eerste Genootschap, or Teylers Godgeleerd Genootschap (Teylers Theological Society), and Teylers Tweede Genootschap (to be devoted to the advancement of scholarly research in the areas of physics, poetry, history, the art of drawing and numismatics).
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Haarlem The Netherlands	This location is supported by the fact that it was the city where Teyler lived his whole life, and also the location of Teylers Museum.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1778 -	Teyler's Godgeleerd Genootschap = Teylers Godgeleerd Genootschap = Teylers Eerste Genootschap	Its publications establish the first name for 1781 to 1967; Teylers Stichting (1978), p.37 gives the second name; Teylers Stichting (1978), p.12 gives the third name.
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Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1781 - 1860 (Dl.1 - 36); 1868 - 1967 (nieuwe serie, dl.1 - 30)   A	Verhandelingen, raakende den natuurlyken en geopenbaarden godsdienst / Teyler's Godgeleerd Genootschap Also with the title Verhandelingen uitgegeven door Teylers Godgeleerd Genootschap. Indexed Reuss [Univ. Leiden cat.]	Verhandel. van Teyler's Godgeleerd Genootsch. [Reuss, v.8, p.508 cites Deel 5 & Deel 23; v.8, p.510 cites Deel 22.]