Marie-Charles-Théodore Damoiseau
Marie-Charles-Théodore Damoiseau, Baron de Montfort (born April 9, 1768 in Besançon , † April 6 or August 6, 1846 in Paris ) was a French military and astronomer .
Damoiseau's father was a general and envisaged a military career for his son, who acquired very good math skills. As a member of the artillery regiment of La Fère , the young Damoiseau escaped the French Revolution and joined the army of Condé in exile and served first in Sardinia , then in Piedmont . Damoiseau fled to Portugal from the French troops.
In Portugal, Damoiseau became a major in the naval artillery , but also took a position at the Lisbon Observatory and became a member of the Academy of Sciences in Lisbon . He made a name for himself in nautical calculations.
In 1808 Damoiseau returned to France with Junot's army and took part in the Napoleonic campaigns in Spain as an artillery officer . He later had jobs in Bastia , Antibes and most recently in the Comité de l'artillerie in Paris. In 1817 he retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel .
Damoiseau became director of the Paris Observatory and the École militaire of Paris and a member of the Bureau des Longitudes .
In 1825 Damoiseau was elected to the Académie des Sciences , which had awarded him its Lalande Prize in 1824 , and in 1832 as an honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1831 he received the gold medal from the Royal Astronomical Society . The lunar crater Damoiseau was named after him in 1935.
Fonts
- Mémoires sur le retour de la comète de 1759
- Théorie et tables de la Lune , 1824
- Mémoire sur la theory de la Lune , 1827
- Tables écliptiques des satellites de Jupiter , 1836
- Mémoire sur la comète périodique des six ans trois quarts
literature
- JC Hoefer: Nouvelle biography générale , 1852.
- LC Dezobry, JLT Bachelet: Dictionnaire général de biographie , 1869
- A. Dantes: La franche-comté littéraire, scientifique, artistique , 1879
- Émile Fourquet: Les hommes célèbres et les personnalités marquantes des Franche-Comté du IVe siècle à nos jours , 1929
Individual evidence
- ^ JC Hoefer: Nouvelle biography générale , 1852.
- ↑ a b List of the membres depuis la création de l'Académie des sciences. In: academie-sciences.fr. Retrieved December 17, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter D. (PDF; 575 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved December 17, 2017 .
- ^ Gold Medal Winners (PDF, 308 kB) of the Royal Astronomical Society (ras.org.uk); accessed on December 17, 2017.
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| SURNAME | Damoiseau, Marie-Charles-Théodore |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Damoiseau de Montfort, Marie-Charles-Théodore; Baron de Damoiseau, Marie-Charles-Théodore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French military and astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Besançon |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 1846 or August 6, 1846 |
| Place of death | Paris |