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César-François Cassini de Thury

1714 - 1784

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César-François Cassini de Thury (17 June 1714 – 4 September 1784), also called Cassini III or Cassini de Thury, was a French astronomer and cartographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. César-François Cassini de Thury is the 235th most popular astronomer (up from 246th in 2019), the 2,559th most popular biography from France (up from 2,991st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, César-François Cassini de Thury ranks 235 out of 644. Before him are Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Thomas Gold, Edward L. G. Bowell, Tamara Smirnova, Johannes Fabricius, and Robert T. A. Innes. After him are Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio, Wilhelm Gliese, Paul Wild, Rudolf Wolf, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, and Cleomedes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, César-François Cassini de Thury ranks 15. Before him are Niccolò Jommelli, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Emer de Vattel, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick. After him are Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, George Whitefield, Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, Anna Morandi Manzolini, and Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1784, César-François Cassini de Thury ranks 10. Before him are Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Samuel Johnson, Giovanni Battista Martini, Junípero Serra, Torbern Bergman, and Otto Friedrich Müller. After him are Anders Johan Lexell, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Abraham Trembley, Jean-François Séguier, Allan Ramsay, and Caesar Rodney.

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In France

Among people born in France, César-François Cassini de Thury ranks 2,559 out of 6,770. Before him are Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Élisabeth Borne (1961), Georges Claude (1870), Walter of Châtillon (1135), Gustave Boulanger (1824), and Antoine François Marmontel (1816). After him are Laurent Fignon (1960), Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (1701), Manitas de Plata (1921), Émile Combes (1835), Charles Munch (1891), and Paul Du Chaillu (1835).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, César-François Cassini de Thury ranks 22. Before him are Jean Picard (1620), Félix Tisserand (1845), Jean-Louis Pons (1761), Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin (1845), Alexis Bouvard (1767), and Jérôme Eugène Coggia (1849). After him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), Benjamin Baillaud (1848), Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853), Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748), Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), and Marguerite Laugier (1896).

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