Emile Plantamour or Émile Plantamour, (14 May 1815 - 7 September 1882) was a

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Biography

He was the son of François-Théodore, Hospital director, and of Louise Saladin. He was born in

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. He studied astronomy with

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and worked with

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in Paris,

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and

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in Berlin,

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at the

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and

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at the

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. He was the fourth director of the Observatory of Geneva from 1839 to 1882 (43 years) and honorary professor at the Academy of Geneva; then professor at the

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when it was established in 1873. He was three times rector of the Academy. Under his direction, the Observatory of Geneva constructed a structure for magnetic observations, an extension of the main building and a new room for an

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. His scientific works involved astronomy, meteorology, chronometry, magnetism, geodesy and gravimetry. He died in Geneva in 1882.

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Bibliography

* R. Wolf
''Todes-Anzeige.''
Astronomische Nachrichten, Bd. 103 (1882), S. 161.
''Emile Plantamour.''
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 43 (1883), p. 184.
''Emile Plantamour.''
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. 18 (May, 1882 – May, 1883), pp. 461–463.

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Query Results from the ADS Database - E. Plantamour
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Plantamour, Emile 1815 births 1882 deaths Scientists from Geneva 19th-century Swiss astronomers University of Königsberg alumni University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Geneva

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