Marie-Charles Damoiseau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French astronomer
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Place of Birth: Besançon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Marie-Charles Damoiseau
- Baron Marie-Charles-Théodore de Damoiseau de Montfort (6 April 1768 in Besançon – 6 August 1846) was a French astronomer. Damoiseau was originally an artillery officer but he left France in 1792 during the French Revolution.
- He worked as assistant director of the Lisbon Observatory before he returned to France in 1807. In 1825, he was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
- He was a member of the Bureau des Longitudes. He is best known for publishing lunar tables (positions of the Moon) between 1824–1828.
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