Jacques d'Allonville de Louville
Jacques Eugène d'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville par Fontenelle (born July 14, 1671 in the Château de Louville, Louville-la-Chenard near Chartres , † September 10, 1732 in Saint-Jean-de-Braye ) was a French astronomer and mathematician .
Life
D'Allonville was initially a naval officer, but after the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 he said goodbye and from then on devoted himself to studying astronomy. In 1714 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences . He set up an observatory near Orléans and in the following years published a number of works in which he made Newton's theories his own. He was particularly concerned with the forecasting of eclipses .
During a stay in England, where he observed the total solar eclipse known as Halley's Eclipse on May 3, 1715, he made the acquaintance of Newton and became a member of the Royal Society . From 1714 he was a member of the Académie royale des sciences .
The lunar crater Louville is named after him.
Works
- Observations sur l'obliquité de l'écliptique , 1714
- Nouvelles tables du soleil , 1720
- Nouvelle méthode de calculer les éclipses , 1724
- Remarques sur la question des forces vives , 1721-28.
Web links
- Jacques d'Allonville de Louville , entry on geneanet.org
- Entry for Allonville, Jacques Eugene d '(1671-1732), Chevalier de Louville in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
Individual evidence
- ↑ Les membres du passé dont le nom commence par L PDF
- ↑ Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, Ken Willcox: Totality: eclipses of the sun. Oxford University Press, Oxford & New York 2008, p. 54
- ^ Richard S. Westfall: Never at rest: a biography of Isaac Newton. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2008, p. 684
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter L. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 15, 2020 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allonville de Louville, Jacques d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Allonville de Louville, Jacques Eugène d '; Jacques Eugène d'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville par Fontenelle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French astronomer and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1671 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Château de Louville, Louville-la-Chenard near Chartres |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1732 |
| Place of death | Saint-Jean-de-Braye |