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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille

1713 - 1762

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Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (French: [nikɔla lwi də lakaj]; 15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762), formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations. From 1750 to 1754, he studied the sky at the Cape of Good Hope in present-day South Africa. Lacaille observed over 10,000 stars using a refracting telescope. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille is the 17th most popular astronomer (up from 43rd in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from France (up from 737th in 2019) and the most popular French Astronomer.

Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille is most famous for his catalog of deep sky objects, which he published in 1751.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 17 out of 644. Before him are Aristarchus of Samos, Hipparchus, Ulugh Beg, Ja'far al-Sadiq, Edwin Hubble, and Giovanni Domenico Cassini. After him are Ole Rømer, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Carl Sagan, Avempace, Aryabhata, and Caroline Herschel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 2. Before him is Denis Diderot. After him are Ferdinand VI of Spain, Alexis Clairaut, Laurence Sterne, Princess Caroline of Great Britain, Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Junípero Serra, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Johann Ludwig Krebs. Among people deceased in 1762, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 3. Before him are Peter III of Russia, and Elizabeth of Russia. After him are Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Emperor Momozono, James Bradley, Crown Prince Sado, Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Francesco Geminiani, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 228 out of 6,770. Before him are Carloman I (751), Brigitte Macron (1953), Henry Cavendish (1731), Alexis de Tocqueville (1805), Alfred Sisley (1839), and Gustave Doré (1832). After him are Michel Platini (1955), Louis, Grand Dauphin (1661), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), Gabriel Fauré (1845), Christian Dior (1905), and Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 1. After him are Charles Messier (1730), Jérôme Lalande (1732), 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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