| Authorised form of name | Delaunay; Charles Eugene (1816 - 1872) |
| Dates | 1816 - 1872 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Lusigny, France |
| Date of birth | 09 April 1816 |
| Place of death | At sea, off the coast of Cherbourg, France |
| Date of death | 05 August 1872 |
| Research field | Celestial mechanics |
| Activity | Education:
Secondary school, Troyes; Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1836)
Career:
Teacher of Geodesy, Ecole des Mines; Professor, Ecole Polytechnique; Engineer in chief, Corps des Mines; Director, Paris Observatory; drowned when the pleasure boat he was on capsized
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 29/04/1869 |
| Relationships | Son of Jaques Hubert Delauney, surveyor, and his wife Catherine |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Birth and death dates from DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1875-1876 vol 24 pp vii-ix |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/27183855 |
| Royal Society code | NA6534 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1869/02 | Delaunay, Charles Eugene: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/9/330 | Letter from Ch [Charles] Delaunay, Paris Observatory, Paris, to the Royal Society | 17 February 1872 |
| MC/8/357 | Letter from [Charles Eugène] Delaunay, Paris, to W H [William Hallowes] Miller, [Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society] | 4 May 1869 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| MC/9/262 | Letter from Ch [Charles] Delaunay, Director of the Paris Observatory, Paris, to the Royal Society | 11 October 1871 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |