Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Nicolas_Louis_de_Lacaille

GPTKB entity

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	5