Jérôme Lalande
1732 – 1807 · aged 75
French astronomer (*1732 – †1807)
- Born
- 11 Jul 1732 · Bourg-en-Bresse
- Died
- 4 Apr 1807 · Paris
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- 11 Jul 1732BornBorn in Bourg-en-Bresse
- 1763AwardFellow of the Royal Society
- 1781AwardFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1795 – 1800RoleDirector
- 4 Apr 1807DiedDied in Paris
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
Biography
Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (French: [lalɑ̃d]; 11 July 1732 – 4 April 1807) was a French astronomer, freemason and writer. He is known for having estimated a precise value of the astronomical unit (the distance from the Earth to the Sun) using measurements of the transit of Venus in 1769.
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