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 |