Jules Baillaud (14 January 1876, Paris – 28 November 1960) was a French astronomer. Initially assistant astronomer in Lyon (1900–1904) and at the

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: assistant astronomer until 1925, he went on as astronomer from 1925 to 1947. From 1937 to 1947 he was also the director of the Pic du Midi observatory and directed the

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from 1922 to 1947. Baillaud was the President of the Société astronomique de France (SAF), the French astronomical society, from 1935-1937.de la Société astronomique de France'', November 1937, plates X-IX
/ref> In 1938, he received the

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, the Society's highest award. The asteroid (1280) Baillauda is named in his memory, while the Baillaud crater on the moon, and Baillaud asteroid (11764) Benbaillaud, were named after his father

Benjamin Baillaud Édouard Benjamin Baillaud (14 February 1848 – 8 July 1934) was a French astronomer. Biography Born in Chalon-sur-Saône, Baillaud studied at the École Normale Supérieure (1866-1869) and the University of Paris. He worked as an assi ...

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* Dr Frank Duprat. Le Calendrier conceptionnel de la femme, de la conception volontaire à la procréation volontaire du sexe. Avant-propos de M. Jules Baillaud. e édition.(2) Bibliothèque nationale de France * Notice sur les travaux scientifiques de M. Jules Baillaud (2) Bibliothèque nationale de France * Les courbes spectrales étalons (1) Bibliothèque nationale de France * Le développement des études de botanique à l'Observatoire du Pic-du-Midi, travaux sur la reproduction de la pomme de terre, une source de richesses : la reproduction des pommes de terre par semis de graines, résultats obtenus par M. Joseph Bouget dans la haute vallée de l'Adour, leurs conséquences pour l'avenir (1) Bibliothèque nationale de France * La Méthode de l'échelle de teintes en photométrie photographique : application à l'étude de l'étalon lumineux à acétylène, par M. Jules Baillaud (1) Bibliothèque nationale de France * Jules Baillaud, astronome titulaire à l'Observatoire de Paris. Quelques appareils de sensitométrie et de photométrie photographiques (1) Bibliothèque nationale de France * André Giret,... L'Astronomie actuelle et la notion de Dieu. Préface de Jules Baillaud,... (1) Bibliothèque nationale de France manuel de topometrie operations sur le terrain et calculs (1) Bibliothèque nationale de France * Observatoire de Paris. Tables de précession pour des changements d'équinoxede 25 et de 50 ans et pour tout autre changement d'équinoxe. ntroduction de Jules Baillaud.(1) Bibliothèque nationale de France * Manuel de vulgarisation pratique (1) Bibliothèque nationale de France

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*http://viaf.org/viaf/95321468/

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baillaud, Jules 20th-century French astronomers 1876 births 1960 deaths Members of the French Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Lalande Prize