Nicolas-Louis De Lacaille
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 263 years ago |
| Date of birth | March 15,1713 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Rumigny |
| France | |
| Date of died | March 21,1762 |
| Died | Paris |
| France | |
| Nationality | French |
| Field | Astronomy |
| Books | Coelum Australe Stelliferum |
| Job | Astronomer |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Education | College of Navarre |
| Collège de Lisieux | |
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| ID | 1649491 |
Nicolas-Louis De Lacaille Life story
Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations. From 1750 to 1754, he studied the sky at the Cape of Good Hope in present-day South Africa.
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