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Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

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Gender Female
Death201 years ago
Date of birth September 19,1749
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Amiens
France
Date of died August 19,1822
DiedFormer 10th Arrondissement Of Paris
Field Astronomy
BooksHistoire de L'Astronomie Ancienne
Histoire de L'Astronomie Moderne
Tables Astronomiques, Volume 2... - Primary Source Edition
Notable studentFrançois Peyrard
Education University of Paris
Awards Fellow of the Royal Society
Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize
Academic advisor Jérôme Lalande
NationalityFrench
Place of burialPère Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France
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Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier Delambre was a French mathematician, astronomer, historian of astronomy, and geodesist. He was also director of the Paris Observatory, and author of well-known books on the history of astronomy from ancient times to the 18th century.

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