Marie-Charles Damoiseau
Astronomer
1768 – 1846
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Who was Marie-Charles Damoiseau?
Baron Marie-Charles-Théodore de Damoiseau de Montfort was a French astronomer.
Damoiseau was originally an artillery officer but he left France in 1792 during the French Revolution. He worked as assistant director of the Lisbon Observatory before he returned to France in 1807.
In 1825, he was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the Bureau des Longitudes.
He is best known for publishing lunar tables between 1824–1828.
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- Born
- Apr 6, 1768
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 6, 1846
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on July 23, 2013
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