Louis Maillard (architect)
Louis Maillard may refer to: * Louis Maillard (astronomer) (1867–1938), French-born Swiss astronomer * Louis Camille Maillard Louis Camille Maillard ( ; ; 4 February 1878 – 12 May 1936) was a French physician and chemist. He made important contributions to the study of kidney disorders. He also became known for the "Maillard reaction", the chemical reaction which he ...

Louis Maillard (astronomer)
Louis Maillard (28 September 1867 – 7 January 1938) was a French-born Swiss astronomer and professor of astronomy and mathematical sciences. In 1902 Maillard succeeded Charles Dufour in a professorship at the University of Lausanne. Maillard was a professor of astronomy and general mathematics or mathematical sciences. He was ''directeur des Écoles industrielle et commerciale et du collège mathématique du canton de Vaud''. In 1906 he founded th''Bulletin d'Astronomie''of the University of Lausanne. Maillard wrote in 1905 a position paper and in 1907 organized a committee for the purpose of creating an observatory for the University of Lausanne. The philanthropist Jean-Jacques Mercier-de Molin contributed a substantial sum of money for the project. In 1915 work on plans for the observatory were halted because of World War I. Furtherance of planning for the observatory was revived in 1924. In the spring of 1928 a 62-centimeter mirror was completed by E. Schaer. However, becaus ...
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