Pierre Méchain
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1744
- Died
- 1804
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Exposé des opérations faites en France en 1787, pour la jonction des observatoires de Paris et de Greenwich
- Base du système m`etrique décimal
- Base du système métrique décimal
- Base du système métrique décimal
- Grundlagen des dezimalen metrischen systems
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,459x
- Classification of Surgical Complications
· 2004 · cited 27,676x
- Array programming with NumPy
· 2020 · cited 21,841x
- Outline of a Theory of Practice
· 1977 · cited 18,742x
- Testing for a unit root in time series regression
· 1988 · cited 12,475x
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Key facts
- Born
- Pierre François André Méchain , ( 1744-08-16 ) 16 August 1744, Laon , France
- Died
- 20 September 1804 (1804-09-20) (aged 60), Castellón de la Plana , Spain
- Known for
- Deep-sky objects , comets , metre
- Fields
- astronomy
- Institutions
- Paris Observatory
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Key dates
- Born
- 16 August 1744
- Died
- 20 September 1804
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Pierre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Laon
- Place of death
- Castellón de la Plana
- Occupation
- physicist
- Position held
- director
- Educated at
- École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
- Languages spoken
- French
Article
Pierre François André Méchain ( French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa ɑ̃dʁe meʃɛ̃]; 16 August 1744 – 20 September 1804) was a French astronomer and surveyor who, with Charles Messier, was a major contributor to the early study of deep-sky objects and comets.
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