André Couder
André Joseph Alexandre Couder (born November 27, 1897 in Alençon , † January 16, 1979 in Paris ) was a French optician and astronomer . From 1925 he worked in the optical laboratory at the Paris Observatory , which he headed from 1926. In 1926 he developed the Couder telescope named after him . From 1952 to 1958 he was President of the Commission for Astronomical Instrumentation and Vice President of the International Astronomical Union . In 1953 he received the Jules Janssen Prize . In 1954 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris. In 1985 a moon crater was named after him.
Fonts
Together with André Danjon he wrote the comprehensive work on telescopes:
- Lunettes et télescopes: Théorie, conditions d'emploi, description, réglage, histoire (French)
Web links
- A. Couder, Optique astronomique. Sur un type de telescope photographique. Comptes rendus de l ' Académie des Sciences . Paris 1926, pp. 1276–1277 (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter C. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 2, 2019 (French).
- ^ Couder (moon crater) in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Couder, André |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Couder, André Joseph Alexandre (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French optician and astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alencon |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1979 |
| Place of death | Paris |