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Sep 24, 2014 at 18:48 comment added George Chen Pretty close. It's like science academies in 18th century Europe. It was just a fashion. Those monarchs simply collected geniuses to decorate their courts. They did not really have anything for them to do.
Sep 24, 2014 at 12:21 history answered Joseph S WU CC BY-SA 3.0