Jean-Baptiste Delambre

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jean-Baptiste_Delambre
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
astronomer
gptkbp:author gptkb:Base_du_système_métrique_décimal
gptkb:Histoire_de_l’astronomie
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Lalande_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1749-09-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Amiens,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
gptkbp:containsWorkBy gptkb:Histoire_de_l’astronomie_ancienne
gptkb:Histoire_de_l’astronomie_moderne
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:metric_system
gptkbp:deathDate 1822-08-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:director gptkb:Paris_Observatory
gptkbp:elects gptkb:Bureau_des_Longitudes
gptkbp:faculty gptkb:Collège_de_France
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jean-Baptiste Delambre
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Pierre_Méchain
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Jérôme_Lalande
gptkbp:knownFor helping define the meter
measuring the meridian arc between Dunkirk and Barcelona
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elisabeth-Aglaée_Leblanc_de_Pommard
gptkbp:studentOf gptkb:Jérôme_Lalande
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bureau_des_Longitudes
gptkb:Observatoire_de_Paris
gptkb:Nicolas_Louis_de_Lacaille
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6