Philomaths

Philomaths
Founded1 October 1817 (1 October 1817)
Imperial University of Vilnius
TypeSecret
AffiliationIndependent
StatusDefunct
Defunct date1823
ScopeLocal
Chapters1
HeadquartersVilna, Vilna Governorate
Russian Empire (now Lithuania)

The Philomaths, or Philomath Society (Polish: Filomaci or Towarzystwo Filomatów, Lithuanian: Filomatai or Filomatų draugija; from the Greek φιλομαθεῖς "lovers of knowledge"), was a secret student organization that existed from 1817 to 1823 at the Imperial University of Vilnius.