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Jérôme Lalande

1732 - 1807

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Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (French: [lalɑ̃d]; 11 July 1732 – 4 April 1807) was a French astronomer, freemason and writer. He is known for having estimated a precise value of the astronomical unit (the distance from the Earth to the Sun) using measurements of the transit of Venus in 1769. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jérôme Lalande is the 51st most popular astronomer (down from 44th in 2019), the 697th most popular biography from France (up from 746th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Astronomer.

Jérôme Lalande is most famous for his discovery of the first periodic comet, which he named after himself.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Jérôme Lalande ranks 51 out of 644. Before him are Wilhelm Schickard, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Michel Mayor, Arthur Eddington, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, and John Michell. After him are Adolphe Quetelet, Édouard Stephan, William Alfred Fowler, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Karl Ludwig Hencke, and Jan Oort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Jérôme Lalande ranks 8. Before him are George Washington, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Frederick North, Lord North, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Pierre Beaumarchais, and Jacques Necker. After him are Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Johann Christoph Adelung, John Dickinson, Adélaïde of France, Abbas III, and Richard Arkwright. Among people deceased in 1807, Jérôme Lalande ranks 3. Before him are Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, and Angelica Kauffman. After him are Magtymguly Pyragy, Jeanne Baret, Henry Benedict Stuart, George Atwood, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, John Newton, and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jérôme Lalande ranks 697 out of 6,770. Before him are Adam de la Halle (1245), Hugh the Great (898), Gaston Leroux (1868), Jacques Anquetil (1934), Yolande de Polastron (1749), and Francis Picabia (1879). After him are Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Charles-François Daubigny (1817), Suzanne Lenglen (1899), and Pierre Augereau (1757).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Jérôme Lalande ranks 3. Before him are Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713), and Charles Messier (1730). After him are Édouard Stephan (1837), Pierre Méchain (1744), Pierre Janssen (1824), Jacques Cassini (1677), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Jean Chacornac (1823), Auguste Charlois (1864), Bernard Lyot (1897), and Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688).

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