Victor Mauvais

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Félix-Victor Mauvais , also Victor Mauvais (born March 7, 1809 in Maîche , Doubs department , † March 22, 1854 in Paris ) was a French astronomer and from 1848 to 1849 a member of the French National Assembly .

Life

Mauvais studied at the École polytechnique in Paris and in Besançon , among others . Because of his interest in the natural sciences and especially astronomy, he received a position at the Paris Observatory in 1836 on the recommendation of François Arago . From 1843 to 1854 he worked in the Bureau des Longitudes associated with the observatory , where he worked on meteorology . Mauvais discovered four comets . In 1843 he received the Lalande Prize of the Académie des sciences for the discovery of comet C / 1843 J1 and was admitted to the Academy as a full member on November 20 of the same year. In May 1848 he became an associate member of the Royal Astronomical Society .

From April 23, 1848 to May 26, 1849 he represented the Doubs department in the French National Assembly in the left group.

In the course of the separation of the observatory from the Bureau des Longitudes in early 1854, Mauvais lost his job and committed suicide .

literature

  • Report of the Council to the Thirty-fifth Annual General Meeting of the Society (Obituary) . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . tape 15 , no. 4 , 1855, p. 109–110 , doi : 10.1093 / mnras / 15.4.101 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ RL Branham Jr .: New orbits for comets C / 1843 J1 (Mauvais) and C / 1853 W1 (van Arsdale) . In: Astronomical News . tape 336 , no. 10 , 2015, p. 955-960 , doi : 10.1002 / asna.201512253 .
  2. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter M. Académie des sciences, accessed on January 23, 2020 (French).
  3. ^ Felix-Victor Mauvais. Royal Astronomical Society, accessed January 23, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Mandates in the National Assembly or the Chamber of Deputies: Félix, Victor Mauvais. Assemblée nationale, accessed January 22, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Mauvais, Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mauvais, Victor-Félix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH Maîche , Doubs department
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1854
Place of death Paris