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Pierre Charles Le Monnier

1715 - 1799

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Pierre Charles Le Monnier (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ ʃaʁl lə mɔnje]; 20 November 1715 – 31 May 1799) was a French astronomer. His name is sometimes given as Lemonnier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Charles Le Monnier is the 273rd most popular astronomer (up from 311th in 2019), the 2,955th most popular biography from France (up from 3,557th in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 273 out of 644. Before him are Zdeňka Vávrová, Wilhelm Julius Foerster, Edward Walter Maunder, Aleksander Wolszczan, Cleostratus, and Gottfried Kirch. After him are Sandra Faber, Daniel Kirkwood, Antonia Maury, Marguerite Laugier, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, and André-Louis Danjon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 13. Before him are Georg Christoph Wagenseil, William Watson, Dorothea Erxleben, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Charles, Prince of Soubise, and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau. After him are François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, Ewald Christian von Kleist, and Jean-Étienne Guettard. Among people deceased in 1799, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 24. Before him are Jean-Charles de Borda, Étienne-Louis Boullée, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Marcus Elieser Bloch, and Claude Balbastre. After him are Patrick Henry, Johann Hedwig, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, William Curtis, Jean-Étienne Montucla, and Giuseppe Parini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 2,955 out of 6,770. Before him are Constance Mayer (1775), José Giovanni (1923), Philippe de Mornay (1549), Élisabeth Sophie Chéron (1648), Armand Louis de Gontaut (1747), and Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767). After him are Charles-Louis Philippe (1874), Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822), Jacques Duclos (1896), Charles-Louis Havas (1783), Maurice Germot (1882), and Jean Ferrat (1930).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 27. Before him are Jérôme Eugène Coggia (1849), César-François Cassini de Thury (1714), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), Benjamin Baillaud (1848), Henri-Alexandre Deslandres (1853), and Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748). After him are Marguerite Laugier (1896), André-Louis Danjon (1890), Jean Fernel (1497), Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Hervé Faye (1814), and Guillaume Le Gentil (1725).

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