Louis Godin
Louis Godin | |
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College of Louis le Grand | |
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Fields | Astronomy |
Patrons | Joseph-Nicolas Delisle |
Louis Godin (28 February 1704 – 11 September 1760)[1] was a French astronomer and member of the French Academy of Sciences. He worked in Peru, Spain, Portugal and France.
Biography
Godin was born in
The expedition sailed from
When they had finished their task in 1738, at the invitation of the
In 1751 he returned to Europe, but found that he had been nearly forgotten, and superseded as pensioner of the academy; and, as his fortune had been lost in unfortunate speculations, he accepted the presidency of the college for midshipmen in Cádiz in Spain in 1752. During the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, which was distinctly felt at Cádiz, he took observations and did much to allay the apprehensions of the public, for which he was ennobled by the king of Spain. In 1759 he was called to Paris and reinstated as pensionary member of the academy, but he died on his return to Cádiz.
Works
- Appendix aux tables astronomiques de Lahire (Paris, 1724)
- Histoire de l'académie des sciences, 1680 à '99 (11 vols., 1728)
- La connaissance des temps (1730–1734)
- El temblor de tierra de Lima, sus causas, efectos y consecuencias (Lima, 1748)
- Curso de matemáticas para el uso de mis discípulos (1750)
- Observations astronomiques au Perou (2 vols., Paris, 1752)
- Des tremblements de terre en général, de ceux de Lima et Lisbonne en particulier (1753)
- Les possessions Espagnoles dans l'Amérique du Sud; le Perou, son histoire, ses richesses, et moeurs de ses habitants (1755).
Legacy
The lunar crater
See also
- History of geodesy
- French Geodesic Mission
- Meridian arc
Notes
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4419-9917-7. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
- ^ Ferreiro, Larrie. Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped Our World. Basic Books, 2011, p.47
- ISBN 9781139495226.
- ISBN 9783642297182.
References
- Ferreiro, Larrie (2011). Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition that Reshaped Our World. New York: ISBN 978-0-465-01723-2. Archived from the originalon 2014-02-22.
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.