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Authorised form of nameJanssen; Pierre Jules Cesar (1824 - 1907)
Dates1824 - 1907
NationalityFrench
Place of birthParis, France
Date of birth22 February 1824
Place of deathMeudon, France
Date of death23/12/1907
Research fieldPhysical astronomy
Spectroscopy
Photography
ActivityCareer:
Teacher, Lycee Charlemagne, Paris (1853); travelled to Peru to determine the magnetic equator (1857); Teacher, School of Architecture, Paris (1865-1871); made magnetic observations in the Azores (1867) and at Oran, Algeria (1882); observed solar eclipses in Algiers, for which he escaped from Paris in a hot air balloon (1870), Siam (1875), Caroline Islands (1883) and Spain (1905); Director, Astrophysical Observatory established by the French government, Meudon (1875)
Membership categoryForeign Member
Date of election08/04/1875
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1876
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series A 1908 vol 81 pp lxxvii-lxxxi signed by N L
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/61576849
CodeNA6526
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1875/09Janssen, Pierre Jules Cesar: certificate of election to the Royal Society
M/103Janssen, Pierre J C, and J Norman Lockyer18 August 1868
NLB/11/1016Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Monsieur Professor Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen[November 1895]
NLB/9/269Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Joseph Norman Lockyer, Fellow of the Royal Society24 April 1894
NLB/9/244Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor Joseph Norman Lockyer, Fellow of the Royal Society20 April 1894
NLB/9/272Copy letter from Lord Rayleigh [John William Strutt], to Monsieur Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Observatoire de Meudon, Seine et Cise, France[24 April 1894]
NLB/19/55Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons8 June 1899
NLB/11/999Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Monsieur Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, Observatoire de Paris14 November 1895
NLB/36/856Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Harrison & Sons3 January 1908
NLB/36/827Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to the family of Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen and the authorities of the Observatory of Mendon24 December 1907
NLB/22/613Copy letter from Sir Michael Foster, to M Le Professeur [Jules] Janssen12 June 1901
MS/427/260Copy letter from [William] Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society; to Mr. [Pierre] Jules [Cesar] Janssen (Foreign Member, FRS)17 February 1883
MC/8/292Letter from [Pierre Jules Cesar] Janssen, Simla, Himalaya, to W [Warren] de la Rue2 January 1869
MC/8/311Letter from Warren de la Rue, 139 Marina Parade, Brighton, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society2 February 1869
MC/10/278Letter from J [Jules] Janssen, Paris, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society20 July 1875
MC/10Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal SocietyJuly 1873-1876
MC/11/132Letter from Warren de la Rue, 73 Portland Place, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]8 December 1877
MC/11Volume 11 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1877-1879
MC/12/304Letter from J [Jules] Janssen, Astrophysical Observatory of Paris, Sis Parc de Meudon, Leine & Oise, to [William Spottiswoode], President of the Royal Society8 February 1883
MC/12Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1880-1883
MC/8Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1867-1869
AP/60/2Unpublished letter, regarding a solar photograph by [Pierre Jules] Janssen from Warren de la Rue to Walter White8 December 1877
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