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- In full:
- Jacques-Dominique, comte de Cassini
- Also called:
- Cassini IV
- Born:
- June 30, 1748, Paris
- Died:
- October 18, 1845, Thury, France (aged 97)
- Notable Family Members:
- father César-François Cassini de Thury
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Dominique, comte de Cassini
French surveyor and astronomer
Also known as: Cassini IV, Jacques-Dominique, comte de Cassini(Show More)
Dominique, comte de Cassini (born June 30, 1748, Parisâdied October 18, 1845, Thury, France) was a French geodesist and astronomer who completed his fatherâs map of France, which was later used as the basis for the Atlas National (1791). The son of CĂ©sar-François Cassini de Thury, he succeeded him as director of the Observatoire de Paris in 1784, but the French Revolution interrupted his plans for restoring and reequipping the observatory. He briefly cooperated with the revolutionary government, but his monarchist sympathies prevailed, and he was denounced and arrested. After some months in prison he withdrew to Thury in 1794. Later, Napoleon I made him a senator and count.
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