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Lalande, Joseph Jérôme Le Français de, 1732-1807

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Dates

  • Existence: 1732 - 1807

Biographical history

Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande (1732-1807) was a French astronomer and writer.

Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande was born on July 11, 1732, at Bourg-en-Bresse to Pierre Lefrançois and Marie‐Anne‐Gabrielle Monchinet. He went to Paris to study law, but was drawn to astronomy and became a pupil of both Joseph-Nicolas Delisle and Pierre Charles Le Monnier. At the age of twenty, Lalande was admitted to the Academy of Berlin, as well as elected as an adjunct astronomer to the French Academy of Sciences. He devoted himself to the improvement of planetary theory, and replaced Delisle as chair of astronomy in the Collège de France in Paris, a position he held for forty-six years. Lalande was also a compiler of navigational and astronomical tables and author of astronomy texts and other books on the history of mathematics and astronomy. Jérôme Lalande died on April 4, 1807.

Citation:
His Astronomia pel bel sesso, 1836: t.p. (Gerolamo Lalande)

His Art du cartonnier, 1762: t.p. (M. de La Lande)

His Bibliographie astronomique, 1803: t.p. (Jérôme de La Lande)

Gros, Alain. L'Hôtel de Bohan (Bourg-en-Bresse), 1977: t.p. (Lalande)

Epitomē astronomias, 1803: t. 1, t.p. (... Hieronymou Laland)

Wikipedia, September 9, 2014 (Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande. b. July 11, 1732, at Bourg-en-Bresse; p. Pierre Lefrançois and Marie‐Anne‐Gabrielle Monchinet; went to Paris to study law, but was drawn to astronomy; became a pupil of both Joseph-Nicolas Delisle and Pierre Charles Le Monnier; at age 20 was admitted to the Academy of Berlin; elected as an adjunct astronomer to the French Academy of Sciences; devoted to the improvement of planetary theory; replaced Delisle as chair of astronomy in the Collège de France in Paris, position held for forty-six years; compiler of navigational and astronomical tables and author of astronomy texts and other books on the history of mathematics and astronomy; d. April 4, 1807)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande letters to Mme. Dupiery

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 530
Scope and Contents Materials include thirty-three letters written from de Lalande to Mme. de Piery discussing his work, the current political situation, and personal matters. Portions of three letters have been excised, possibly because of their political content. Some items are not dated, others are dated using the calendar adopted by the French following the Revolution (1789-1792) with no attempt to correlate these dates with the Gregorian calendar. All items handwritten, some signed. All but one...
Dates: 1779-1806
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande letters to Mme. Dupiery

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