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Alexandre Schaumasse

1882 - 1958

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Alexandre Schaumasse (1882–1958) was a French astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets. His discoveries include the periodic comet 24P/Schaumasse, and the two non-periodic comets C/1913 J1 (Schaumasse) or 1913 II, and C/1917 H1 (Schaumasse) or 1917 II. He also discovered two asteroids, 971 Alsatia and 1114 Lorraine, in 1921 and 1928, respectively. Gaston Fayet, director of the Observatory in Nice, gave him the responsibility of the Chercheur de comètes (Comet finder), a 25 cm (F/D 7.2) refractor offered by Germany to France after the first World War. However, it appears he never made any serious observations with this instrument due to its "abundance of aberrations", according to fellow astronomer Robert Jonckhèere. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Schaumasse is the 567th most popular astronomer (down from 454th in 2019), the 5,047th most popular biography from France (down from 4,475th in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 567 out of 644. Before him are Lawrence H. Aller, Carlos Torres, Kazuro Watanabe, Maura Tombelli, Alexander Voeikov, and Korado Korlević. After him are Michel Giacobini, Thomas Bopp, Richard A. Proctor, Alfred Schmitt, Andrew Ainslie Common, and John August Anderson.

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Among people born in 1882, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 270. Before him are George van Rossem, Jaroslav Tuček, Mary Boland, Edward Van Sloan, Clarence Kingsbury, and Conrad Christensen. After him are Dora Marsden, Mina Loy, Marie Doro, Paul Koebe, George Siegmann, and Alvin Langdon Coburn. Among people deceased in 1958, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 179. Before him are Kurt Neumann, José María Caro Rodríguez, Giovanni Micheletto, Harold Smith, Russell Mockridge, and Willie Applegarth. After him are Frank Swift, Marie Pujmanová, Hubert Wilkins, Endre Tilli, Eileen Hiscock, and Jan Kok.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 5,047 out of 6,770. Before him are Guy Lacombe (1955), Robin Le Normand (1996), Lily-Rose Depp (1999), Nicolas Hulot (1955), Olivier Megaton (1965), and Jacques Miller (1931). After him are Sami Bouajila (1966), Philippe Douste-Blazy (1953), Claire Voisin (1962), Dayot Upamecano (1998), Jean Rouaud (1952), and Jean-Marc Gounon (1963).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 50. Before him are Adrien Auzout (1622), Fernand Courty (1862), Audouin Dollfus (1924), Pierre Puiseux (1855), Ernest Esclangon (1876), and Louise du Pierry (1746). After him are Michel Giacobini (1873), Alfred Schmitt (1907), and Françoise Combes (1952).

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