Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
1713 – 1762 · aged 49
French astronomer
- Born
- 15 Mar 1713 · Rumigny
- Died
- 21 Mar 1762 · Paris
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- 15 Mar 1713BornBorn in Rumigny
- 1732RoleCatholic deacon
- 1760AwardFellow of the Royal Society
- 21 Mar 1762DiedDied in Paris
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
Biography
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.
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