Person: Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph

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Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre was an astronomer who produced tables of the location of planets and their satellites. He also worked at the bureau of longitudes.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 19 September 1749, Amiens, France. Died 19 August 1822, Paris, France.

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Ancient Greek, Astronomy, Geography, Physics


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive