Edme-Sébastien Jeaurat (14 September 1725 – 7 March 1803) was a French

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most notable for publishing a map of the 64 stars of the

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in 1786. He was a member of the

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. He originally studied art, receiving a medal from the

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and published an art book "''Essai de perspective à l'usage des artistes''" in 1750. His parents were

Edme Jeaurat Edme Jeaurat (1688–1738) was a French engraver from Vermenton, near Auxerre. Jeaurat was the son of an engraver and the elder brother of painter Etienne Jeaurat. His father took young Edme to Paris and apprenticed him to Bernard Picart. After w ...

and Marie-Charlotte born Le Clerc. He was the first founder of various settlements that were taken over by the

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in favor of

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. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the

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in 1783.

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External links

Edme-Sébastien Jeaurat at arthistoricum.net
1725 births 1803 deaths Scientists from Paris 18th-century French astronomers Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the French Academy of Sciences {{France-astronomer-stub