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Alexandre Schaumasse

1882 - 1958

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Alexandre Schaumasse (1882–1958) was a French astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets. His discoveries include the periodic comet 24P/Schaumasse, and the two non-periodic comets C/1913 J1 (Schaumasse) or 1913 II, and C/1917 H1 (Schaumasse) or 1917 II. He also discovered two asteroids, 971 Alsatia and 1114 Lorraine, in 1921 and 1928, respectively. Gaston Fayet, director of the Observatory in Nice, gave him the responsibility of the Chercheur de comètes (Comet finder), a 25 cm (F/D 7.2) refractor offered by Germany to France after the first World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre Schaumasse has received more than 11,076 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Schaumasse is the 454th most popular astronomer, the 4,474th most popular biography from France and the 46th most popular French Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 454 out of 644. Before him are Edward Pigott, Horace W. Babcock, Fyodor Bredikhin, Benjamin Banneker, Charles W. Juels, and Frank Schlesinger. After him are Carolyn Porco, Alfred Schmitt, Michael E. Brown, David Todd Wilkinson, Geoffrey Burbidge, and Guillermo Haro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 218. Before him are Ernestas Galvanauskas, Emil Filla, Richard Johansson, Henri Fabre, Marie Doro, and Jess McMahon. After him are Edmund Dulac, Péter Tóth, Ion Agârbiceanu, Wyndham Lewis, Mykolas Biržiška, and Vladimir Dimitrov. Among people deceased in 1958, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 142. Before him are Myriam Harry, Alexandre Tuffère, Douglas Hartree, Peter Whitehead, Oscar Torp, and Eddie Colman. After him are Arvid Holmberg, Robert Lindsay, Alfredo Zibechi, Doris Humphrey, Gustaf Söderström, and Henri Béraud.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 4,474 out of 6,770. Before him are André Pilette (1918), Emmanuelle Devos (1964), Patrick Achi (1955), Daniel Marot (1661), Bernard Clavel (1923), and Joseph-Alfred Serret (1819). After him are Guy de Luget (1884), Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769), Henry Padovani (1952), Edmund Dulac (1882), Noémie Lvovsky (1964), and Léon Gautier (1832).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Alexandre Schaumasse ranks 46. Before him are Marguerite Laugier (1896), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), Stéphane Javelle (1864), Fernand Courty (1862), and Odette Bancilhon (1908). After him are Alfred Schmitt (1907), Audouin Dollfus (1924), Louise du Pierry (1746), Pierre Puiseux (1855), Michel Giacobini (1873), and Ernest Esclangon (1876).

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