Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
1713
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1762
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Kingdom of France, France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Collège de Lisieux, Collège de Navarre
occupation: astronomer, mathematician, writer, teacher
award received: Fellow of the Royal Society
position held: Catholic deacon
student of: Jacques Cassini
Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (French: [nikɔla lwi də lakaj]; 15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762), formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations. From 1750 to 1754, he studied the sky at the Cape of Good Hope in present-day South Africa. Lacaille observed over 10,000 stars using a refracting telescope. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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