Laussedat, Aimé

Aimé Laussedat
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Name	Laussedat, Aimé Gender: M
born on	15 April 1819 at 08:00 (= 08:00 AM )
Place	Moulins, France, 46n34, 3e20
Timezone	LMT m3e20 (is local mean time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	24°30' 26°18 Asc. 20°17'

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Aimé Laussedat

Biography

French scientist today unknown in France, an astronomer specializing in both instrumentation and geodesy, a photographer, topographer, surveyor and cartographer. A researcher and professor at the École Polytechnique, then an eminent head of the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts, he was also a military engineer from the beginning of his career until 1851, commander of the Genie de Paris left bank during the War of 1870-1871, and again as an engineer officer in charge of the new frontiers from 1871 to 1881. In spite of his resignation as professor at the Ecole Polytechnique and his request for retirement from the army at the beginning of 1871, he was chosen by his friend General Louis Doutrelaine, as his deputy to the Commission for the delimitation of the Franco-German border in Brussels.

He died on 19 March 1907, aged 87, in Paris.

Link to Wikipedia biography (French)

Relationships

• sibling relationship with Laussedat, Louis (born 30 July 1809)

Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 19 March 1907 (Age 87)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield submitted birth certificate (acte n° 163) from the online Allier archives. Grazia Bordoni's Science database quotes Lescaut for same data.

Categories

• Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 87)

• Vocation : Art : Photography

• Vocation : Education : Researcher

• Vocation : Engineer : Other Engineer (Military)

• Vocation : Humanities+Social Sciences : Geography (Topographer, surveyor and cartographer)

• Vocation : Military : Military career

• Vocation : Science : Astronomy