MATHEMATICIAN

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

1749 - 1822

Photo of Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

Icon of person Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier Delambre (19 September 1749 – 19 August 1822) was a French mathematician, astronomer, historian of astronomy, and geodesist. He was also director of the Paris Observatory, and author of well-known books on the history of astronomy from ancient times to the 18th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre is the 168th most popular mathematician (up from 169th in 2019), the 1,089th most popular biography from France (up from 1,202nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Mathematician.

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre is most famous for his work on the measurement of the earth. He was a mathematician and astronomer who measured the circumference of the earth to be 24,900 miles.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre by language

Loading...

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre ranks 168 out of 1,004. Before him are Ernst Kummer, Sophus Lie, Vito Volterra, Jost Bürgi, James Joseph Sylvester, and Menelaus of Alexandria. After him are Carl David Tolmé Runge, Joseph Bertrand, Johannes Trithemius, Wang Chong, Jean-Pierre Serre, and Vladimir Arnold.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre ranks 13. Before him are Domenico Cimarosa, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Yolande de Polastron, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Daniel Rutherford, and Adélaïde Labille-Guiard. After him are Abraham Gottlob Werner, Vittorio Alfieri, Alexander Radishchev, Martin Vahl, Levi Lincoln Sr., and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois. Among people deceased in 1822, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre ranks 10. Before him are Antonio Canova, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Claude Louis Berthollet, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, and René Just Haüy. After him are Giovanni Battista Venturi, Johann Matthäus Bechstein, Paolo Ruffini, Jean-Robert Argand, Karl August von Hardenberg, and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider.

Others Born in 1749

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1822

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre ranks 1,089 out of 6,770. Before him are Félix d'Herelle (1873), Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Marcel Carné (1906), Henri Giraud (1879), and Adelaide of Aquitaine (950). After him are Danielle Darrieux (1917), André-Hercule de Fleury (1653), Horace Vernet (1789), Léon Bonnat (1833), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), and Henriette of France (1727).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MATHEMATICIANS In France

Among mathematicians born in France, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre ranks 34. Before him are Charles Hermite (1822), Émile Borel (1871), Henri Lebesgue (1875), Gabriel Lamé (1795), Joseph Liouville (1809), and Michel Rolle (1652). After him are Joseph Bertrand (1822), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Étienne Bézout (1730), Édouard Lucas (1842), Jean Gaston Darboux (1842), and Étienne-Louis Malus (1775).

French born Mathematicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous