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Authorised form of nameGodin; Louis (1704 - 1760)
Dates1704 - 1760
NationalityFrench
Place of birthParis, France
Date of birth28 February 1704
Place of deathCadiz, Spain
Date of death11 September 1760
Research fieldAstronomy
ActivityCareer:
Adjunct, Academy of Sciences, Paris; edited 11 volumes of the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences, Paris; measured the
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election27/03/1735
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
Jean Jacquot, 'Sir Hans Sloane and French Men of Science' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 85-98
CodeNA5613
Archives associated with this Fellow
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MM/20/29An account of a proposed expedition to the Equator by Louis Godin[19 December 1734]
EL/G2/22Summary of letters from Monsieur [Louis] Godin to Cromwell MortimerJanuary - February 1734
EC/1735/02Godin, Louis: certificate of election to the Royal Society27 March 1735
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