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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 137,665 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille is the 52nd most popular astronomer (up from 99th in 2019), the 866th most popular biography from France (up from 1,354th in 2019) and the 3rd 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 52 out of 531. Before him are Asaph Hall, Fritz Zwicky, Clyde Tombaugh, Ferdinand Verbiest, Johann Palisa, and Jérôme Lalande. After him are Pieter van Musschenbroek, Varāhamihira, John Flamsteed, Pierre Méchain, Girolamo Fracastoro, and Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve.

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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, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Junípero Serra, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, and John Needham. Among people deceased in 1762, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 7. Before him are Elizabeth of Russia, Peter III of Russia, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Crown Prince Sado, James Bradley, and Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria. After him are Emperor Momozono, Francesco Geminiani, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, and Jean Calas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 866 out of 6,011. Before him are Caterina Valente (1931), Danielle Darrieux (1917), Juliette Binoche (1964), Martin Schongauer (1450), Paul Delaroche (1797), and Georges Brassens (1921). After him are Magnentius (303), Jacques Anquetil (1934), Raymond of Poitiers (1115), James Tissot (1836), Michèle Mercier (1939), and Adelaide of Maurienne (1092).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In France

Among astronomers born in France, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille ranks 3. Before him are Charles Messier (1730) and Jérôme Lalande (1732). After him are Pierre Méchain (1744), Jacques Cassini (1677), Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580), Édouard Stephan (1837), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Pierre Janssen (1824), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), and Bernard Lyot (1897).

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