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Born 1630
Died 1696 (aged 66) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study Mars • parallax • solar system • measurement
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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
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Gill, Sir David
Sir David Gill
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Edward Sabine
Edward Sabine
British astronomer
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George Dollond
British optician
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
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
French astronomer
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Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
French mathematician and astronomer
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Pierre Bouguer
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French mathematician and nautical astronomer
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Pierre Mechain
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Claude-Louis Mathieu
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Dominique, comte de Cassini
French surveyor and astronomer
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Audouin Dollfus
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Johannes Kepler
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
Galileo
Galileo
Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer

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