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Charles-Eugène Delaunay

1816 - 1872

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Charles-Eugène Delaunay (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl øʒɛn dəlonɛ]; 9 April 1816 – 5 August 1872) was a French astronomer and mathematician. His lunar motion studies were important in advancing both the theory of planetary motion and mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles-Eugène Delaunay is the 252nd most popular mathematician (up from 272nd in 2019), the 1,521st most popular biography from France (up from 1,980th in 2019) and the 51st most popular French Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Charles-Eugène Delaunay ranks 252 out of 1,004. Before him are Vergilius of Salzburg, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, Henri Cartan, John Charles Fields, Anatoly Fomenko, and Gösta Mittag-Leffler. After him are Paolo Ruffini, Theodorus of Cyrene, Constantin Carathéodory, Richard von Mises, Ibn Yunus, and Johannes de Sacrobosco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Charles-Eugène Delaunay ranks 11. Before him are Ferdinand II of Portugal, Eugène Edine Pottier, Maria Theresa of Austria, Abbas I of Egypt, Paul Reuter, and Wazir Akbar Khan. After him are Carl Ludwig, Franz Sacher, 10th Dalai Lama, Jean Cabanis, William Gull, and Gustav Freytag. Among people deceased in 1872, Charles-Eugène Delaunay ranks 17. Before him are Franz Grillparzer, George Robert Gray, Aleksis Kivi, William Webb Ellis, Ljudevit Gaj, and Mary Somerville. After him are Mpande kaSenzangakhona, Prince Albert of Prussia, Vladimir Dal, Immanuel Nobel, Kawakami Gensai, and Princess Feodora of Leiningen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles-Eugène Delaunay ranks 1,521 out of 6,770. Before him are Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936), Étienne Mourrut (1939), Adalbert of Magdeburg (910), Fabien Barthez (1971), Adela of Normandy (1065), and Henri Murger (1822). After him are William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875), Jacques Balmat (1762), Emma Watson (1990), Yolanda of Courtenay (1197), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), and Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Charles-Eugène Delaunay ranks 51. Before him are Pierre Bouguer (1698), Laurent Schwartz (1915), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Pierre Varignon (1654), Michel Chasles (1793), and Henri Cartan (1904). After him are Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), Paul Lévy (1886), Édouard Roche (1820), Oronce Finé (1494), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), and Alain Connes (1947).

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