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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) is the national learned society of the Netherlands, based in Amsterdam. It was founded in 1808 by Louis Bonaparte, king of Holland, as the Royal Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts, and was reorganised as an academy in 1851. It advises the government on science and runs research institutes.
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