Person: De Lalande, Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais

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Jérôme Lalande was a French astronomer who made important measurements of the Solar System.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 11 July 1732, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France. Died 4 April 1807, Paris, France.

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Astronomy, Geography, Geometry, Physics


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References

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