ASTRONOMER

Joseph-Nicolas Delisle

1688 - 1768

Joseph-Nicolas Delisle

Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf nikɔla dəlil]; 4 April 1688 – 11 September 1768) was a French astronomer and cartographer. Delisle is mostly known for the Delisle scale, a temperature scale he invented in 1732. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph-Nicolas Delisle is the 158th most popular astronomer (down from 146th in 2019), the 1,640th most popular biography from France (up from 1,833rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle ranks 158 out of 644. Before him are Eugène Joseph Delporte, Maslama al-Majriti, Jacobus Kapteyn, Jeremiah Horrocks, Bernard Lyot, and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld. After him are William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Eleanor F. Helin, Alphonse Borrelly, Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Harlow Shapley, and James Ferguson.

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HPI: 65.93
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HPI: 65.90
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Bernard Lyot
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Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld
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HPI: 65.63
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Rank: 159
Eleanor F. Helin
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Alphonse Borrelly
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HPI: 65.55
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1688, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle ranks 13. Before him are Alexander Pope, James Francis Edward Stuart, Giuseppe Castiglione, Maria Luisa of Savoy, Pierre de Marivaux, and Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Stede Bonnet, Domenico Zipoli, Antonio Corradini, François Lemoyne, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Marie Victoire de Noailles. Among people deceased in 1768, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle ranks 7. Before him are Canaletto, Marie Leszczyńska, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Nicola Porpora, Laurence Sterne, and Georg Brandt. After him are Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Francesco Maria Veracini, Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, and François de Cuvilliés.

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Alexander Pope
WRITER
1688 - 1744
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 7
James Francis Edward Stuart
POLITICIAN
1688 - 1766
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 8
Giuseppe Castiglione
PAINTER
1688 - 1766
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 9
Maria Luisa of Savoy
COMPANION
1688 - 1714
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 10
Pierre de Marivaux
WRITER
1688 - 1763
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 11
Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel
COMPANION
1688 - 1765
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 12
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
ASTRONOMER
1688 - 1768
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 13
Stede Bonnet
PIRATE
1688 - 1718
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 14
Domenico Zipoli
COMPOSER
1688 - 1726
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 15
Antonio Corradini
SCULPTOR
1688 - 1752
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 16
François Lemoyne
PAINTER
1688 - 1737
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 17
Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
NOBLEMAN
1688 - 1748
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 18
Marie Victoire de Noailles
NOBLEMAN
1688 - 1766
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 19

Others Deceased in 1768

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Canaletto
PAINTER
1697 - 1768
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 1
Marie Leszczyńska
COMPANION
1703 - 1768
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 2
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
HISTORIAN
1717 - 1768
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 3
Nicola Porpora
COMPOSER
1686 - 1768
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 4
Laurence Sterne
WRITER
1713 - 1768
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 5
Georg Brandt
CHEMIST
1694 - 1768
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 6
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
ASTRONOMER
1688 - 1768
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 7
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
POLITICIAN
1693 - 1768
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 8
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
PHILOSOPHER
1694 - 1768
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 9
Francesco Maria Veracini
COMPOSER
1690 - 1768
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 10
Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
POLITICIAN
1691 - 1768
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 11
Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe
POLITICIAN
1747 - 1768
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 12
François de Cuvilliés
ARCHITECT
1695 - 1768
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 13

In France

Among people born in France, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle ranks 1,640 out of 6,770. Before him are Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326), Michel Bouquet (1925), Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Philippe Soupault (1897), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), and André Jolivet (1905). After him are Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735), Étienne François, duc de Choiseul (1719), Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), Gérard Houllier (1947), and Vivant Denon (1747).

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Joan I, Countess of Auvergne
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1326 - 1360
HPI: 65.66
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Michel Bouquet
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Lucien Petit-Breton
CYCLIST
1882 - 1917
HPI: 65.65
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Philippe Soupault
WRITER
1897 - 1990
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Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest
BIOLOGIST
1784 - 1838
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André Jolivet
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HPI: 65.63
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HPI: 65.63
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Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde
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Aymon, Count of Savoy
POLITICIAN
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Charlotte Bonaparte
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HPI: 65.61
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Gérard Houllier
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HPI: 65.61
Rank: 1,645
Vivant Denon
WRITER
1747 - 1825
HPI: 65.61
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