| Authorised form of name | Mechain; Pierre Francois Andre (1744 - 1805) |
| Dates | 1744 - 1805 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Laon, Aisne, France |
| Date of birth | 16 April or 16 August 1744 |
| Place of death | Castellon de la Plana, Spain |
| Date of death | 20 September 1804 or 20 September 1805 |
| Research field | Geodesy |
| Astronomy |
| Activity | Career:
Observer, surveyor and computer under Lalande; made two voyages surveying coast of France; Director of the Observatory, Paris
Memberships:
French Academy of Sciences (1782)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/04/1789 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Notes:
DSB gives birth and death dates as 16 August 1744 and 20 September 1804, and is source for birth and death places. |
| Royal Society code | NA2421 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1788/21 | Mechain, Pierre Francois Andre: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/12/13 | Paper, 'Observations of Ceres Ferdinandea' by Pierre Francois Andre Mechain | 25 February 1802 |
| CB/2/270 | Copy of a letter from Charles Blagden to Mechain | 8 July 1789 |
| L&P/8/67 | Note, 'On the Comte de Casssini's comet' by Pierre Mechain | 1784 |
| L&P/9/157 | Letter, 'Account of the new comet (in French)' from Pierre Francois Andre Mechain to Nevil Maskelyne | 10 January 1790 |
| L&P/9/39 | Letter, 'Account of the dicovery of a comet' from Pierre Francoise Andre Mechain to Nevil Maskelyne | 11 April 1787 |