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Achille Pierre Dionis Du Séjour
Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour (January 11, 1734 – August 22, 1794) was a French astronomer and mathematician.Electronic Enlightenment Project (2008) ''Achille Pierre Dionis Du Séjour correspondence.'' Dionis du Séjour was born in Paris and was a distant relative of surgeon and anatomist Pierre Dionis. He served as an advisor to parliament before he was appointed to the French Academy of Sciences in 1765. In 1775 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was appointed to the Paris group for the Estates-General of 1789 and was one of the 47 who joined the Estates of the Realm that year. Dionis du Séjour died in Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine. Publications * ''Traité des courbes algébriques'' (Treatise on Algebraic Curves), with Mathieu-Bernard Goudin (1756) * ''Recherches sur le gnomonique et les rétrogradations des planètes'' (Research on sundials and retrograde motions of Planets), (1761) * ''Traité des mouvements apparents des corps célestes'' (Treatise on appa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionis Du Sejour
Denise is a female given name. Dionysus is the Greek mythology, Greek god of wine, and the name Denise means "to be devoted to Dionysus, Bacchus." Feminine variants * Deneece, Denice, Deniece: English language, English * Denisa: Czech language, Czech, Romanian language, Romanian, Russian language, Russian, Slovak language, Slovak * Denise: English language, English, French language, French, Portuguese language, Portuguese * Denisse: English language, English, French language, French * Deniz: Turkish language, Turkish * Dennet, Denote, Deonisia, Deonysia: Middle English language, Middle English * Dinisia: Portuguese language, Portuguese * Dionycia, Dionis: Middle English language, Middle English * Dionise: Old French language, Old French (on St. Denise's burial site) * Dionísia: Portuguese language, Portuguese * Dionisia: Middle English language, Middle English, Italian language, Italian, Spanish language, Spanish * Dionizja: Polish language, Polish * Dionysia: Greek language, Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
