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French astronomer

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Works
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  • La chronique Quae in posterum de Bernard d'Ambronay
  • Contribution à la spectroscopie des isotones à 50 neutrons
  • Des actes automatiques de nature comitiale
  • Images pulmonaires pseudo-tuberculeuses au cours des états infectieux à allure grippale
  • Traité du Nivellement

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Key facts

Born
( 1620-07-21 ) 21 July 1620, La Flèche , Kingdom of France
Died
12 July 1682 (1682-07-12) (aged 61), Paris, Kingdom of France
Occupations
Astronomer , priest

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Encyclopedic overview

Jean Picard ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pikaʁ]; 21 July 1620 – 12 July 1682) was a French priest, astronomer and pioneer in geodesy, born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Collège royal Henri le Grand. He is best known for accurately measuring the size of the Earth, through a survey of one degree of latitude along the Paris Meridian.

Geodesy

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