Person: De Lacaille, Nicolas-Louis

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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille was a French astronomer and geodesist who catalogued the stars of the Southern Hemisphere and named 14 out of the 88 constellations.

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Born 15 March 1713, Rumigny-en-Thiérache, France. Died 21 March 1762, Paris, France.

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