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Jacques Cassini was a French astronomer and geographer born in Paris in 1677. He was the son of Giovanni Domenico Cassini and the father of César-François Cassini de Thury. Cassini worked at the Paris Observatory and PSL University, where he served as director. He was educated at the Collège des Quatre-Nations and the University of Paris under doctoral advisors Pierre Varignon and Giovanni Domenico Cassini.
He was a member of the Royal Society, the French Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences. Cassini received the award of Fellow of the Royal Society. His doctoral student was Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, and he also taught Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Cassini spoke French and is described by the Nordisk familjebok and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. He died in 1756.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1677-02-18 ) 18 February 1677, Paris Observatory , France
- Died
- 16 April 1756 (1756-04-16) (aged 79), Thury , France
- Children
- César-François Cassini de Thury
- Fields
- Astronomy , Cartography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacques
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Thury-sous-Clermont
- Occupation
- geographer
- Position held
- director
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Doctoral advisor
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini
- Doctoral student
- Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
- Field of work
- astronomy
- Image
- Jacques Cassini.jpg
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- member of
- Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1677-02-08
- date of death
- 1756-04-15
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Jacques Cassini
- name in native language
- Jacques Cassini
- student
- Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- RMF FM
- P12749
- Edson Taschetto Damian
- manner of death
- accidental death
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Encyclopedic overview
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Jacques Cassini (18 February 1677 – 16 April 1756) was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. He was known as Cassini II.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacques Cassini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.