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Ernest Esclangon

1876 - 1954

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Ernest Benjamin Esclangon (17 March 1876 – 28 January 1954) was a French astronomer and mathematician. Born in Mison, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in 1895 he started to study mathematics at the École Normale Supérieure, graduating in 1898. Looking for some means of financial support while he completed his doctorate on quasi-periodic functions, he took a post at the Bordeaux Observatory, teaching some mathematics at the university. During World War I, he worked on ballistics and developed a novel method for precisely locating enemy artillery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Esclangon is the 540th most popular astronomer (down from 508th in 2019), the 4,852nd most popular biography from France (down from 4,840th in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ernest Esclangon ranks 540 out of 644. Before him are Frank Shu, Kenzo Suzuki, Gavriil Adrianovich Tikhov, Benjamin Banneker, John Huchra, and John Stanley Plaskett. After him are María Teresa Ruiz, Karl Ludwig Littrow, Lidiya Tseraskaya, Vincenzo Cerulli, Pavel Shternberg, and John N. Bahcall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Ernest Esclangon ranks 182. Before him are Ásgrímur Jónsson, Sverre Hassel, Elisabeth Moore, Thomas Mofolo, Sidney Robinson, and Pietro Speciale. After him are Robert Yerkes, Gaston Peltier, Cécile Tormay, Marcel Lambert, Marvin Hart, and James Scullin. Among people deceased in 1954, Ernest Esclangon ranks 149. Before him are Herman Groman, Guy Mairesse, Felipe Molas López, Mohamed Amin Didi, Karl Taylor Compton, and Väinö Ikonen. After him are Gladys George, Tomás Monje, Elvira Rawson de Dellepiane, Shaqe Çoba, Erik Norberg, and Gavino Matta.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ernest Esclangon ranks 4,852 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Boisse (1955), Louis Bach (1883), Jacques Cariou (1870), Émile Wegelin (1875), Jérôme Le Banner (1972), and Laurent Cantet (1961). After him are Thierry Omeyer (1976), Georges Gandil (1926), Jean-Jacques Schuhl (1941), Patrick Chesnais (1947), Olivier Rolin (1947), and Gaston Peltier (1876).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Ernest Esclangon ranks 48. Before him are Odette Bancilhon (1908), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Adrien Auzout (1622), Fernand Courty (1862), Audouin Dollfus (1924), and Pierre Puiseux (1855). After him are Louise du Pierry (1746), Alexandre Schaumasse (1882), Michel Giacobini (1873), Alfred Schmitt (1907), and Françoise Combes (1952).

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