Jean Le Fèvre (astronomer)

Jean Le Fèvre (9 April 1652 – 1706, Paris) was a French astronomer and physicist.[1] He was editor of the Connaissance des Temps[2] and was elected to the French Academy of Sciences based on this work.[3]

To be distinguished from Jean Le Fèvre, bishop of Chartres 1380-1389, Jean Le Fèvre (canon) and Jean Le Fevre de Saint-Remy 1420-1435

References
  1. Thomas A. Hockey - The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers A-L 2007 Page 367 " 9 April 1652 Died Paris, France, 1706 Jean Le Fèvre was a calculator for the first official French ephemerides."
  2. Paul Murdin Full Meridian of Glory Page 33 2009 "In 1702, however, he was involved in a dispute with Jean Le Fèvre, editor of the Connaissance des Temps, who accused both ... "
  3. Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.


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