Person Delaunay; Charles Eugene (1816 - 1872) Delaunay Charles Eugene 1816 - 1872 French Male Lusigny, France 09 April 1816 At sea, off the coast of Cherbourg, France 05 August 1872

Celestial mechanics 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 Son of Jaques Hubert Delauney, surveyor, and his wife Catherine Foreign Member 29/04/1869 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: Birth and death dates from DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1875-1876 vol 24 pp vii-ix International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 9 Apr 1816 - 5 August 1872 NA6534 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/27183855 0aa85257-e3da-4061-8088-6134a507deea