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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 311th most popular astronomer, the 3,558th most popular biography from France and the 32nd most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 311 out of 644. Before him are Wilhelm Gliese, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, Richard Christopher Carrington, Otto August Rosenberger, Franz Kaiser, and Karl Christian Bruhns. After him are Adam Riess, Grigory Neujmin, Maurice Loewy, Lewis Boss, Louis Boyer, and Georges Rayet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1715, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 13. Before him are 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, Jean-Étienne Guettard, and Pedro Antonio de Cevallos. Among people deceased in 1799, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 24. Before him is Claude Balbastre. After him are Patrick Henry, Johann Hedwig, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, William Curtis, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Giuseppe Parini, Johann Julius Walbaum, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, William Withering, Francesco Mario Pagano, and Alexander Bezborodko.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 3,558 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques Rozier (1926), Patachou (1918), François Francoeur (1698), Pierre Fatou (1878), Jean Delumeau (1923), and Jehanne D'Alcy (1865). After him are Gérard Grisey (1946), Léo Malet (1909), François de Troy (1645), Emmanuel Bove (1898), Jules Émile Planchon (1823), and Ferdinand Brunetière (1849).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Pierre Charles Le Monnier ranks 27. Before him are Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748). After him are Marguerite Laugier (1896), André-Louis Danjon (1890), Jean Fernel (1497), Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Hervé Faye (1814), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), Charles Wolf (1827), Georges Rayet (1839), Rudolph Minkowski (1895), Gérard de Vaucouleurs (1918), and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718).

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