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Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Nicolas_Louis_de_Lacaille
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:mathematician
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater
gptkb:Collège_de_Lisieux
gptkbp:birthDate
1713-03-15
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:Rumigny,_Ardennes,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace
gptkb:Saint-Étienne-du-Mont,_Paris
gptkbp:deathDate
1762-03-21
gptkbp:deathPlace
gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:employer
gptkb:Collège_Mazarin
gptkbp:field
gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
geodesy
physics
gptkbp:gender
male
gptkbp:honor
Asteroid 9135 Lacaille named after him
Lunar crater Lacaille named after him
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Delambre
gptkbp:knownFor
cataloguing southern stars
naming 14 southern constellations
measuring the arc of the meridian in the southern hemisphere
gptkbp:language
gptkb:French
gptkbp:memberOf
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:namedConstellation
gptkb:Antlia
gptkb:Circinus
gptkb:Mensa
gptkb:Microscopium
gptkb:Octans
gptkb:Pictor
gptkb:Reticulum
gptkb:Telescopium
gptkb:sculptor
gptkb:Norma
gptkb:Caelum
gptkb:Fornax
gptkb:Horologium
gptkb:Pyxis
gptkbp:nationality
gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableWork
gptkb:Coelum_Australe_Stelliferum
gptkb:Tables_of_the_Moon
Ephemerides of the Planets
gptkbp:observedBy
gptkb:Cape_of_Good_Hope
gptkbp:observedPeriod
1751-1753
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:studentOf
gptkb:Jacques_Cassini
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:NGC_4755
gptkb:NGC_4833
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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