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Marguerite Laugier

1896 - 1976

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Marguerite Laugier (née Lhomme) (12 September 1896 – 10 June 1976) was a French astronomer active at the Nice Observatory from the 1930s to the 1950s. Contemporary astronomical articles refer to her as "Madame Laugier". The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery of 21 numbered asteroids, made between 1932 and 1955. Marguerite Laugier maintained international correspondence with professional and amateur astronomers, which is reflected in the various asteroid names attributed to her contacts. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marguerite Laugier is the 277th most popular astronomer (up from 398th in 2019), the 2,982nd most popular biography from France (up from 4,209th in 2019) and the 28th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Marguerite Laugier ranks 277 out of 644. Before her are Cleostratus, Gottfried Kirch, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Sandra Faber, Daniel Kirkwood, and Antonia Maury. After her are Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, André-Louis Danjon, Geminiano Montanari, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Heber Doust Curtis, and Raymond Smith Dugan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Marguerite Laugier ranks 121. Before her are Manuel A. Odría, Josef Sudek, Józef Czapski, Hans Cramer, Johannes Kleiman, and Jacques Duclos. After her are André Hunebelle, Máté Zalka, Jessie Royce Landis, Na Hye-sok, Anandamayi Ma, and Eduardo Lonardi. Among people deceased in 1976, Marguerite Laugier ranks 104. Before her are Silvana Armenulić, Paul Douglas, Grégoire Kayibanda, Paul Strand, Josef Sudek, and Bobby Pearce. After her are Oscar Bonavena, Richard Hughes, Werner March, Juan José Torres, Zdeněk Fierlinger, and Wilder Penfield.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marguerite Laugier ranks 2,982 out of 6,770. Before her are Walter Gieseking (1895), Jacques Georges (1916), Guillaume Thomas François Raynal (1713), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), Sulpitius the Pious (576), and Jean Guitton (1901). After her are Bernard Plantapilosa (841), Charles Mangin (1866), François Coty (1874), Jean Jouvenet (1644), André-Louis Danjon (1890), and Antoine III de Gramont (1604).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Marguerite Laugier ranks 28. Before her are César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), Benjamin Baillaud (1848), Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853), Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748), and Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715). After her are André-Louis Danjon (1890), Jean Fernel (1497), Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Hervé Faye (1814), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), and Charles Wolf (1827).

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