Houzeau de Lehaie, Jean-Charles

Jean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie
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Birthname | Jean-Charles Hippolyte Joseph Houzeau de Lehaie | ||||
born on | 7 October 1820 at 19:15 (= 7:15 PM ) | ||||
Place | Havré, Belgium, 50n28, 4e02 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m4e02 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
Belgian astronomer and journalist who led a scientific expedition, accompanied by Albert Benoît Lancaster and Charles Emile Stuyvaert, to San Antonio in December 1882 to observe a locally visible transit of Venus across the face of the sun—in those days a method of measuring time and gravity.
He died on 12 July 1888, aged 67, in Brussels.
Relationships
- sibling relationship with Houzeau de Lehaie, Auguste (born 28 July 1832)
Events
Source Notes
Grazia Bordoni's Science database quotes Lescaut.
Categories
- Lifestyle : Work : Travel for work
- Vocation : Science : Astronomy
- Vocation : Writers : Columnist/ journalist
- Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Astronomy)