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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille

1713 - 1762

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Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (French: [nikɔla lwi də lakaj]; 15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762), formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations. From 1750 to 1754, he studied the sky at the Cape of Good Hope in present-day South Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille has received more than 143,906 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille is the 43rd most popular astronomer (up from 52nd in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from France (up from 864th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Astronomer.

Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille is most famous for his catalog of deep sky objects, which he published in 1751.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 43 out of 644. Before him are Arthur Eddington, Fred Hoyle, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Giovanni Schiaparelli, Jan Oort, and Sosigenes of Alexandria. After him are Jérôme Lalande, Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Gerard Kuiper, Ferdinand Verbiest, Vera Rubin, and Clyde Tombaugh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 4. Before him are Denis Diderot, Ferdinand VI of Spain, and Laurence Sterne. After him are Alexis Clairaut, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Junípero Serra, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Johann Ludwig Krebs, and Guillaume Thomas François Raynal. Among people deceased in 1762, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 5. Before him are Peter III of Russia, Elizabeth of Russia, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, and Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria. After him are Crown Prince Sado, James Bradley, Emperor Momozono, Francesco Geminiani, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 737 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude of France (1499), Peter Waldo (1140), François Fénelon (1651), William Longsword (893), John, Duke of Berry (1340), and Jeanne Hébuterne (1898). After him are Bruno Latour (1947), Dom Pérignon (1639), Catherine Labouré (1806), Maurice Béjart (1927), Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848), and Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 2. Before him are Charles Messier (1730). After him are Jérôme Lalande (1732), Pierre Janssen (1824), Pierre Méchain (1744), Jacques Cassini (1677), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Jean Picard (1620), Édouard Stephan (1837), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Auguste Charlois (1864), and Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688).

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