Société des Naturalistes Genevois Society of Naturalists of Geneva

Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1790	According to the name authority record in the Univ. Toronto cat., the Society was founded in 1790 as Société des Naturalistes Genevois. Its name changed in 1792 to Société Genevoise d'Historie Naturelle. [Note: Historie is likely a misprint for Histoire.] Its name changed shortly after to Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. NOTE: Its website () gives the founding year as 1791.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Geneva Switzerland	This location is supported by the name of the society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1790 - 1792?	Société des Naturalistes Genevois	This is supported by the name authority record in the Univ. Toronto cat..
1792 - 1793?	Société Genevoise d'Historie Naturelle [Note: this is likely a misprint for Société Genevoise d'Histoire Naturelle.]	This is supported by the name authority record in the Univ. Toronto cat..
1793? -	Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève	This is supported by the name authority record in the Univ. Toronto cat. and the society's publications.
Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève (SPHN) = Society of Physics and Natural History of Geneva

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1821 - (v.1 - )   A	Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève The record for this entry in the Univ. Calif. cat. gives the following notes: Suspended 1940-1960? Vols. 1-40, 1821-1930, in v. 40. Indexed Pogg. & RSLC [Univ. Calif. cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.; Scudder #2163a]	Genève, Mém. Soc. Phys. [RSLC, v.1, p.xxxiv] Genève, Soc. Phys. Mém. [RSLC, v.9, p.xvii] Mém. de Genève [Pogg., v.1, col.463 cites what is evidently an obituary notice of an apothecary Jean Antoine Colladon (1758-1830) in V; a date of about 1830 is consistent with vol. V for this journal.] Mém. Genève [Pogg., v.1, col.148 cites an article by Jean François Berger (1779-1833) in T. VI et VII; the corresponding entry in RSLC, v.1, p.291 gives the journal-title abbrev. as Genève, Mém. Soc. Phys. and the date as 1833.] Mem. Soc. Phys. d'Hist. Nat. Genève [J. Roy. Anthrop. Instit., Vol. 68 (Jan. - Jun., 1938), p.29 cites vol. 40, 1927.] Mém. Soc. Phys. de Genève [Phil. Trans., Vol. 164 (1874), p.114 cites 1861, tom. xvi.] Mém. Soc. Phys. et Hist. Nat. Genève [J. Animal Ecology, Vol. 5, No. 1 (May, 1936), p.180 cites 40 (1927) and 41 (1935).] Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève [Phil. Trans., Vol. 164 (1874), p.107 cites 1861.] Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve [Science, New Series, Vol. 177, No. 4052 (Sep. 8, 1972), p.887 cites 21 (1872).] Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Genève [Phil. Trans., B Vol. 200 (1909), p.504 cites T. 16, 1861.]
1846 - 1857 (v.1 - v.36); 1858 - 1878 (n.s. v.1 - v.64); 1879 - 1895 (3e s. v.1 - v.34); 1896 - 1918 (4e s. v.1 - 46); 1919 - 1947 (5e s. v.1 - v.29)   B	Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles According to Bibliot. Nat. France cat., from 1852 to 1910 contains: Compte rendu des travaux présentés à la... session de la Société helvétique des sciences naturelles (not the same as the SPHNG). Had C as supplement for 1918-1947. Merged with C to form D. Indexed RSLC [Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]	Archives Sci. Phys. Nat. [RSLC, v.7, p.viii]
1885 - 1947 (v.1 - v.64)   C	Compte Rendu des séances de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. Bibliot. Nat. France cat. gives the date for v.1 as 1884. Supplement to B 1918-1947. In 1948, merged with B to form D. [Univ. Calif. cat.; Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]
1948 - 1980 (v.1, fasc.1 - v.33, fasc.2-3)   D	Archives des Sciences Continues B and absorbed C. Supplemented by E. Merged with E to form F. [Univ. Calif. cat.]
1966 - 1980 (Nouv. sér., v.1 - v.15)   E	Compte Rendu des séances de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. Supplement to D. Merged with D to form F. [Univ. Calif. cat.]
1981 - (v.34, fasc.1 - )   F	Archives des Sciences et Compte Rendu des séances de la Société Note: "édités par la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève." Formed by the union of D and E. [Univ. Calif. cat.]