Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre
GPTKB entity
Properties (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
mathematician
astronomer |
| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:École_Polytechnique
gptkb:Collège_de_France |
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Bureau_des_longitudes
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Copley_Medal
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| gptkbp:born |
September 19, 1749
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Delambre
gptkb:Marie_Delambre |
| gptkbp:contribution |
geodesy
astronomical observations |
| gptkbp:died |
August 17, 1822
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| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:University_of_Paris
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| gptkbp:field |
astronomy
mathematics |
| gptkbp:fieldOfStudy |
calculus
trigonometry history of science mathematical astronomy |
| gptkbp:honors |
Delambre's_name_in_various_scientific_terms
Delambre_crater_on_the_Moon |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
gptkb:Pierre-Simon_Laplace |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz |
| gptkbp:involvedIn |
metric system reform
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| gptkbp:knownFor |
contribution to the metric system
work on the measurement of the meridian |
| gptkbp:legacy |
Delambre's_method_of_triangulation
Delambre's_theorem Delambre's_contributions_to_astronomy Delambre's_work_on_the_metric_system |
| gptkbp:nationality |
French
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| gptkbp:notableWorks |
Histoire de l'astronomie moderne
La mesure de la terre |
| gptkbp:publications |
Astronomie
Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences Éléments d'astronomie Traité de la mesure de la terre |
| gptkbp:researchFocus |
navigation
celestial mechanics timekeeping planetary motion |
| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Paris
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| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Marie-Anne_Delambre
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