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Also Known As Jacques-Dominique, comte de Cassini • Cassini IV
Born June 30, 1748 • Paris • France
Died October 18, 1845 (aged 97) • France
Notable Family Members father César-François Cassini de Thury
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César-François Cassini de Thury
French surveyor
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Jean Richer
French astronomer
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Jean-Charles de Borda
French mathematician and nautical astronomer
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Édouard Gaston Deville
French surveyor
Engraving portrait of Carl Friedrich Gauss wearing a cap and formal 19th-century clothing, with detailed shading around his face and upper body.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
German astronomer
David Rittenhouse
David Rittenhouse
American astronomer and inventor
Boscovich, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in Dubrovnik Cloister, Croatia
Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich
Italian astronomer and mathematician
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Sir George Everest
British geodesist
Edward Sabine
Edward Sabine
British astronomer
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John Adair
Scottish surveyor
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George Dollond
British optician
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Wilhelm Schickard
German astronomer, mathematician, and cartographer
Portrait of Pierre Simon Marquis de Laplace wearing formal attire with a sash and star-shaped medal, looking slightly to his left.
Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace
French scientist and mathematician
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Adrien-Marie Legendre
French mathematician
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
French astronomer
Gian Domenico Cassini.
Gian Domenico Cassini
French astronomer
Dumont d'Urville, engraving by Émile Lassalle after Maurin
Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d’Urville
French explorer
Pierre Janssen, detail from an engraving
Pierre Janssen
French astronomer
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Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier
French astronomer

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