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Adrien Auzout

1622 - 1691

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Adrien Auzout [pronounced in French somewhat like o-zoo] (28 January 1622 – 23 May 1691) was a French astronomer. He was born in Rouen, France, the eldest child of a clerk in the court of Rouen. His educational background is unknown, although he may have attended the Jesuit college in Rouen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrien Auzout has received more than 41,373 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Adrien Auzout is the 375th most popular astronomer (down from 318th in 2019), the 4,072nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,522nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Adrien Auzout ranks 375 out of 644. Before him are Ralph Copeland, James Edward Keeler, Johann III Bernoulli, Frank Watson Dyson, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, and Brian G. Marsden. After him are Tadeáš Hájek, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, Chushiro Hayashi, Johann von Lamont, Christoph Arnold, and Margaret Geller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1622, Adrien Auzout ranks 19. Before him are Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Johannes Lingelbach, Francisco Herrera the Younger, Pieter Boel, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, and Cort Adeler. After him is Dilras Banu Begum. Among people deceased in 1691, Adrien Auzout ranks 15. Before him are Carlo Rainaldi, Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Richard Baxter, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Isaac de Benserade, and Cornelis Tromp. After him is Sultan Bahu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adrien Auzout ranks 4,072 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Dutrochet (1776), Frédéric Vasseur (1968), Gervase of Tilbury (1155), Lucas Hernandez (1996), José Bové (1953), and Eugène Flachat (1802). After him are Hervé Le Tellier (1957), Juliet Berto (1947), René Goblet (1828), Jean-Michel Aulas (1949), Ferdinand Sarrien (1840), and Jules Vandooren (1908).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Adrien Auzout ranks 38. Before him are Pierre Charles Le Monnier (1715), Louis Boyer (1901), Georges Rayet (1839), Félix Tisserand (1845), Hervé Faye (1814), and Gérard de Vaucouleurs (1918). After him are André Patry (1902), Marguerite Laugier (1896), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), Stéphane Javelle (1864), and Fernand Courty (1862).

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