| Authorised form of name | Lisle; Joseph Nicholas De (1688 - 1768) |
| Other forms of name | Joseph Nicholas |
| Other forms of surname | De Lisle |
| L'Isle |
| De L'Isle |
| Delisle |
| Dates | 1688 - 1768 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Paris, France |
| Date of birth | 04 April 1688 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 11 July, 11 or 12 September 1768 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Geography |
| Activity | Education:
College Mazarin; studied astronomy under Jacques Lieutaud
Career:
Set up his observatory at the Luxembourg Palace (1712-1715), then at the Hotel de Taranne (1716-1719); worked at the Royal observatory (1719-1722); returned to work at the Luxembourg Palace (1722-1725); Professor of Mathematics, College Royal (1718-1725, 1747-1761); went to Russia to found an observatory for Peter the Great (1725-1747); on his return to Paris, set up a new observatory at the Hotel de Cluny; withdrew to the Abbey of St Genevieve to devote himself to charitable and religious works (1763)
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/03/1724 |
| Proposer | Edmond Halley |
| Relationships | Son of Claude de Lisle, historian and geographer, and his wife, Nicole-Charlotte Millet de la Croyere; married; no children |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
References:
John H Appleby, 'Mapping Russia: Farquharson, Delisle and The Royal Society' in NR 2001 vol 55 pp 191-204
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
Notes:
Thomson gives death date as 12 September 1768, DSB gives 11 September 1768 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/29571577 |
| Code | NA8375 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| L&P/1/115 | Letter, 'Concerning the late comet' from Joseph Nicholas Lisle to John Bevis | [1742] |
| CLP/2/39a | Translation, 'A proposal for the measurement of the earth in Russia' by [Joseph Nicholas] de l'Isle | [1737] |
| L&P/2/480 | Letter, 'Of certain Greenwich and Cape of Good Hope astronomical observations' from Joseph Nicholas de L'Isle to James Bradley | 30 November 1752 |
| CLP/2/39 | Paper, 'Projet de la mesure de la terre en Russie' ['Proposal for the measurement of the earth in Russia'] by Joseph Nicholas de l'Isle | [1737] |