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Astronomer, Geographer

FrenchBorn Jerôme François LEFRANÇOIS LALANDE

French astronomer, freemason and writer

Born on July 11, 1732 in Bourg-en-Bresse , France

Died on April 4, 1807 in Paris , France

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Lalande was born at Bourg-en-Bresse (now in the département of Ain) to Pierre Lefrançois and Marie-Anne-Gabrielle Monchinet. His parents sent him to Paris to study law, but as a result of lodging in the Hôtel Cluny, where Delisle had his observatory, he was drawn to astronomy, and became the zealous and favoured pupil of both Delisle and Pierre Charles Le Monnier. Having completed his legal studies, he was about to return to Bourg to practise as an advocate, when Lemonnier obtained permission to send him to Berlin, to make observations on the lunar parallax in concert with those of Lacaille ...   Lalande was born at Bourg-en-Bresse (now in the département of Ain) to Pierre Lefrançois and Marie-Anne-Gabrielle Monchinet. His parents sent him to Paris to study law, but as a result of lodging in the Hôtel Cluny, where Delisle had his observatory, he was drawn to astronomy, and became the zealous and favoured pupil of both Delisle and Pierre Charles Le Monnier. Having completed his legal studies, he was about to return to Bourg to practise as an advocate, when Lemonnier obtained permission to send him to Berlin, to make observations on the lunar parallax in concert with those of Lacaille at the Cape of Good Hope.



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