Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande was a French astronomer, freemason and writer. Jérôme Lalande. Jérôme de La Lande by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1769.

He was editor from 1760 until 1776 but during the French Revolution he was asked to take over the editorial duties again which he did from 1794 until his death ...

Jérôme Lalande was a French astronomer whose tables of planetary positions were considered the best available until the end of the 18th century.

With the abolition of noble titles during the Revolution he became simply Lalande. Apparently he had no brothers or sisters and was never married. His “nephew,” ...

Joseph-Jérôme le Français de Lalande (July 11, 1732 - April 4, 1807). Born in Bourge-en-Bresse, died in Paris. Lalande was honored by naming a Moon crater ...

Joseph-Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande. Studied at the Jesuit college of Lyon. On his arrival in Paris to study law, met the astronomer Joseph-Nicolas Delisle ...

Oct 9, 2018 · An eighteenth century Frenchman very much championed the positive role of women in astronomy; that man was Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (1732–1807).