Pierre-François Bernier
Pierre-François Bernier (born November 19, 1779 in La Rochelle , † June 15, 1803 ) was a French astronomer . He took part in an expedition to Australia which, under the direction of Nicolas Baudin , set sail on the ship Le Naturaliste on October 19, 1800 in Le Havre . Bernier died on this expedition.
According to him, Bernier Iceland in the Shark Bay in front of the Australian named West Coast.
Life
Pierre-François Bernier, who came from Montauban , was a student of Jérôme Lalandes . Before his last expedition, he took part in his first trip alongside Nicolas Baudin and had a portrait of Ingres made for him.
On board the expedition ship Le Naturaliste , Bernier made astronomical discoveries on the night of October 31st to November 1st, 1800; u. a. he could determine the distance from the star Aldebaran to the moon .
In June 1803 Bernier died near the coast of the island of Timor as a result of the dysentery .
In honor of Bernier, a small western Australian island was named which he had visited during one of his expeditions (see Bernier Island ). Cape Bernier on the southeast coast of Tasmania is also named after him . An area of around 377 hectares is now protected as the Cape Bernier Nature Reserve .
literature
- Louis-Claude Freycinet , Charles-Alexandre Lesueur and Pierre-Francois Bernier: TIMOR: Musique Malaise et Chinoise.
- Nekrolog in the intelligence paper of the Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung, number 100, June 23, 1804 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Voyage dans les quatre principales îles des mers d'Afrique , Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent , 1804.
- ↑ History of the Bernier and Dorre Islands ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, pdf).
- ^ Colin Dyer: The French explorers and the Aboriginal Australians 1772-1839 . University of Queensland Press, 2005, p. 114 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ REGIONAL FOREST AGREEMENT
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernier, Pierre-François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1779 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Rochelle |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1803 |