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==== Notable figures of the Academy ====
Baron and Doctor Charles-Humbert-Antoine Despine (1777–1852)
Alphonse-Louis-Joseph Despine (1818–1872), lawyer and professor of law in Annecy, author of several works on regional history and literature, member of the Société des Antiquaires de France
Camille Dunant (1819–1909)
Venance Payot (1826–1902), guide, collector, scholar, editor, and naturalist in Chamonix
Aimé Constantin (1832–1900), scholar, philologist, writer; his work led to the first dictionary of the Savoyard dialect
Jean-François Gonthier (1847–1913), priest of the Diocese of Annecy and historian of Savoy, honorary president of the Salésian Academy
Léon Marès (1854–1916), collector
Louis Balleydier (1856–1927), professor of law, Dean of the Faculty of Law of Grenoble, father-in-law of Louis Aussedat
Charles Buttin (1856–1933), scholar and collector, author of 140 works for 286 publications, mainly on ancient arms, including the Catalogue de la Collection d'armes anciennes, européennes et orientales (1933)
Aimé Vaschy (1857–1899), telegraph engineer and mathematician
René Payot (1894–1970), Swiss journalist
Georges Chapier (1906–1975), historian of Savoy, member of the Florimontane Academy in 1973, correspondent of the Academy of Philately, and honorary president of the Lyon circle for philatelic and numismatic studies (1974)

== See also ==
Learned society
History of Savoy

== Notes ==

== References ==

== Bibliography ==
Coppier, Julien (2012). "Généreuse Haute-Savoie, histoire des dons et legs 1860-1940 : Léon Marès et son legs du château de Montrottier à l'Académie florimontane" [Generous Haute-Savoie, history of donations and bequests 1860-1940: Léon Marès and his bequest of the Château de Montrottier to the Académie Florimontane]. des Philanthropes œuvrant pour les Beaux-arts et loisirs [Philanthropists working for the fine arts and leisure activities] (in French). pp. 58–61.
Premat, Bernard (2009). De l’Association florimontane à l’Académie florimontane : histoire d’une renaissance (1951-2007) [From the Florimontane Association to the Florimontane Academy: the story of a renaissance (1951-2007)] (in French). Vol. 5. Annecy: Mémoires et documents publiés par l’Académie florimontane.
Coppier, Julien (2009). "Le domaine de Montrottier (Lovagny–Haute-Savoie), de la demeure du collectionneur Léon Marès à la propriété de l'Académie florimontane (1916-1919)" [The Montrottier estate (Lovagny–Haute-Savoie), from the home of collector Léon Marès to the property of the Florimontane Academy (1916–1919)]. Revue savoisienne (in French): 97–130.
Coppier, Julien (2007). Le château de Montrottier : la demeure d’un collectionneur (Lovagny–Haute-Savoie) [Montrottier Castle: the home of a collector (Lovagny–Haute-Savoie)] (in French). Saint-Amand-Montrond: Édition Gaud.
Coppier, Julien (2007a). La Florimontane et ses académiciens : 400 ans au service de la connaissance [The Florimontane and its academicians: 400 years in the service of knowledge] (in French).
Serand, J (1949). Le château de Montrottier, étude historique et archéologique [The Château de Montrottier, historical and archaeological study] (in French).

=== Exhibition ===
"La Florimontane et ses académiciens : 400 ans au service de la connaissance" [The Florimontane and its academicians: 400 years in the service of knowledge]. Archives du Jura (in French). Retrieved January 28, 2026.

== External links ==
"Académie Florimontane official website" (in French). Retrieved January 28, 2026.
"Académie florimontane (Annecy)" [Florimontane Academy (Annecy)]. VIAF (in French). Retrieved January 28, 2026.
"Académie florimontane (Annecy)" [Florimontane Academy (Annecy)]. BnF (in French). Retrieved January 28, 2026.
"Académie florimontane (Annecy)" [Florimontane Academy (Annecy)]. IdRef (in French). Retrieved January 28, 2026.
"Académie florimontane (Annecy, France)" [Florimontane Academy (Annecy, France)]. LCCN (in French). Retrieved January 28, 2026.
"Académie florimontane d'Annecy - ANNECY cedex" [Florimontane Academy of Annecy - ANNECY cedex]. Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (in French). Retrieved January 28, 2026.