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Also Known As Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande • Joseph-Jérôme Le Français de Lalande • Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande • Joseph-Jérôme Le François de Lalande
Born July 11, 1732 • Bourg-en-Bresse • France
Died April 4, 1807 (aged 74) • Paris • France

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Jérôme Lalande, etching by Christian Fritzsch, 1773.
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Jean-Sylvain Bailly
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Gian Domenico Cassini.
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César-François Cassini de Thury
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Charles Messier
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