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Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre | |
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Born | |
Died | 19 August 1822 Paris, Kingdom of France | (aged 72)
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Doctoral advisor | Jérôme Lalande |
Doctoral students | Gerard Moll |
Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier Delambre (19 September 1749 – 19 August 1822) was a French mathematician, astronomer, historian of astronomy, and geodesist.[1][2] He was also director of the Paris Observatory, and author of well-known books on the history of astronomy from ancient times to the 18th century.