| Authorised form of name | Lalande; Joseph Jerome le Francois de (1732 - 1807) |
| Other forms of name | Joseph Jerome Lefrancais de |
| Hieronymus de la |
| Joseph Jerome le Francois |
| Other forms of surname | Lande |
| de Lalande |
| Dates | 1732 - 1807 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Bourg-en-Bresse, France |
| Date of birth | 11 July 1732 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 04 April 1807 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 24/11/1763 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Authority:
Altname from DSB
References:
Sir Alan Cook, 'Ladies in the Scientific Revolution' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 1-12
Mari Williams, 'James Bradley and the Eighteenth Century "Gap" in Attempts to Measure Annual Stellar Parallax' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 83-100
Seymour L Chapin, 'Lalande and the Longitude: A Little Known London Voyage of 1763' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 165-180
L B Glyn, 'Israel Lyons: a short but starry career. The life of an eighteenth-century Jewish botanist and astronomer' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 275-305
D E Cartwright, 'The Tonkin tides revisited' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 135-142 |
| Code | NA7990 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/002601 | Lalande, Joseph Jerome le Francais de | nd |
| EC/1763/13 | Lalande, Joseph Jerome le Francois de: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/002600 | Lalande, Joseph Jerome le Francais de | nd |
| EC/1763/12 | Lalande, Joseph Jerome le Francois de: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/5/133 | Letter, 'Of the transit of Venus' from Joseph Jerome le Francois de Lalande to Nevil Maskelyne | 8 August 1769 |