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Jérôme Lalande
1807Apr, 4

Jérôme Lalande

Jérôme Lalande, French astronomer and academic (b. 1732)
Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande (French: [lalɑ̃d]; 11 July 1732 – 4 April 1807) was a French astronomer, freemason and writer.

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