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Aymar Eugène de la Baume Pluvinel | |
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Born | 6 November 1860 |
Died | 18 July 1938 |
Nationality | French |
Awards |
Valz Prize Prix Jules Janssen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Count Aymar Eugène de la Baume Pluvinel (6 November 1860 – 18 July 1938) was a French astronomer and professor in the Grandes écoles SupOptique ( École supérieure d'optique). He belonged to an old noble family, whose most famous descendant was Antoine de Pluvinel, King Louis XIII's master of equitation.
He was a pioneer of astrophotography on the French expedition to Haiti to observe the transit of Venus in 1882 and on several French expeditions to observer solar eclipses. [1]
He was a member of the Société Astronomique de France from 1889 and its president from 1913 to 1919. [2] He was awarded the Valz Prize in 1909 by the French Academy of Sciences. [3] In 1923, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (June 2016) |
Aymar Eugène de la Baume Pluvinel | |
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Born | 6 November 1860 |
Died | 18 July 1938 |
Nationality | French |
Awards |
Valz Prize Prix Jules Janssen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Astronomy |
Count Aymar Eugène de la Baume Pluvinel (6 November 1860 – 18 July 1938) was a French astronomer and professor in the Grandes écoles SupOptique ( École supérieure d'optique). He belonged to an old noble family, whose most famous descendant was Antoine de Pluvinel, King Louis XIII's master of equitation.
He was a pioneer of astrophotography on the French expedition to Haiti to observe the transit of Venus in 1882 and on several French expeditions to observer solar eclipses. [1]
He was a member of the Société Astronomique de France from 1889 and its president from 1913 to 1919. [2] He was awarded the Valz Prize in 1909 by the French Academy of Sciences. [3] In 1923, he received the Prix Jules Janssen, the highest award of the Société astronomique de France, the French astronomical society.