František Palacký (1798–1876) became a member of the Historico‑Philosophical Class. He was an expert on Czech literature, an ethnographer and a historian. Josef Jireček (1825–1888) became a member of the Philological Class. They were approved by the Emperor Franz Joseph in his rescript of July 7, 1873. The second on the list was – since Febru– a correspondent member of the Krakow Learned Society, already dissolved at the time. There were five people on the list, three of which were Czech: Josef Jireček, František Palacký and Karl Rokitansky. After the speeches had been delivered, a list of candidates for new members of the Academy was read out. The first public plenary session of the Academy was held in May 1873. Each election had to be approved by the Emperor.
At that time, the Academy had only a total of 24 active members who had the right to elect non‑ resident and foreign members. It also had three commissions, taken over from the Krakow Learned Society, namely: the Physiographic Commission, the Bibliographic Commission and the Linguistic Commission. It had its administration, management and three classes that were managed by the respective directors and secretaries. By the end of 1872, the organization of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow was completed. It was also them who elected the first President of the Academy, Józef Majer, and the Secretary General, Józef Szujski, from this group. It was a 12‑person group including only local members, approved by the Emperor. The first members of the Academy were chosen from among the members of the Krakow Learned Society. Each class was allowed to establish its own commissions dealing with different branches of science.
In order to make it possible for the Academy to manage so many research topics, it was divided into three classes: a philological class, a historico‑philosophical class, and a class for mathematics and natural sciences.
The Academy was assigned to take charge of research matters related to different fields of science: philology (mainly Polish and other Slavic languages) history of literature history of art philosophical political and legal sciences history and archaeology mathematical sciences, life sciences, Earth sciences and medical sciences. The Emperor nominated his brother Archduke Karl Ludwig as the Academy’s Protector. The Statute of the newly founded Academy was approved by a decision of the Emperor Franz Joseph I on February 16, 1872. The Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow was established by transforming the Krakow Learned Society. It is mainly based on the reports of the activities of the Academy. The article shows that the Czech humanists formed the largest group among the foreign members of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in Krakow.
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