Editing Alexander Dallas Bache (section)

==Awards and honors==
* Elected a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1829.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?year=1829;year-max=1829;smode=advanced;f1-date=1829|access-date=2021-04-07|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
* Elected an Associate Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1845.<ref name="AAAS">{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterB.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> 
* Elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] on March 15, 1858,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/all_fellows.pdf |title=Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002 |publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh |access-date=March 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828135318/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/all_fellows.pdf |archive-date=August 28, 2008 }}</ref> 
* Elected Foreign Member of the [[Royal Society]] on May 24, 1860.

After the Civil War, Bache was elected a 3rd Class Companion of the [[Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States]] (MOLLUS) in consideration of his contributions to the war effort.