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Jean-Paul Grandjean De Fouchy

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Gender Female
Death236 years ago
Date of birth March 10,1707
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born Paris
France
DiedParis
France
Date of died April 15,1788
Parents Philippe Grandjean
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Jean-Paul Grandjean De Fouchy Life story


Jean-Paul Grandjean de Fouchy was a French astronomer from a noble family. He introduced the analemma curve which allowed the calculation of the local solar noon according to the time of year in 1740. Analemmatic sundials were introduced by J. J. Lalande.

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