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Jérôme Lalande
Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande was a French astronomer, freemason and writer. He is known for having estimated a precise value of the astronomical unit using measurements of the transit of Venus in 1769.
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science · French astronomer (1732–1807) · astronomer · mathematician · professor · writer · also Jérôme Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de La Lande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français Delalande, Jerome Lalande, Lalande
Born 11 July 1732 · Died 4 April 1807 · Q168419
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s Histoire des mathématiques (1802). Publications Astronomie (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: veuve Nicolas Desaint. 1771. Astronomie (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: veuve Nicolas Desaint. 1771. Astronomie (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: veuve Nicolas Desaint. 1771. See also Lalande 21185 Les Neuf Sœurs Felis (constellation) Quadrans Muralis Atlas Coelestis Officina Typographica VY Canis Majoris Notes References Chapin, Seymour (1990).
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ActuaLitté: Jérôme Lalande, Annie Chassagne, Simone Dumont, Jean-Claude Pecker, Huib Zuidervaart
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2002· 1 entry
2014 including two biographies of Lalande and an examination of the structure of the diary)
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1807· 3 entries
Died 1807-04-04.
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“s Histoire des mathématiques (1802). Publications Astronomie (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: veuve Nicolas Desaint. 1771. Astronomie (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: veuve Nicolas Desaint. 1771. Astronomie (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: veuve Nicolas Desaint. 1771. See also Lalande 21185 Les Neuf Sœurs Felis (constellation) Quadrans Muralis Atlas Coelestis Officina Typographica VY Canis Majoris Notes References Chapin, Seymour (1990).”
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Career landmark: funeral.
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1801· 1 entry
Endowed the Lalande Prize, administered by the French Academy of Sciences, for advances in astronomy
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Career landmark: director (1795–1800).
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1781· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1781).
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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1763).
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1751· 1 entry
Studied at University of Paris (1748–1751).
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1732· 1 entry
Born 1732-07-11.
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