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Pierre Janssen

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French astronomer (1824-1907)

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Pierre Jules César Janssen, usually known as Jules Janssen, was a French astronomer who, along with English scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer, is credited with discovering the gaseous nature of the solar chromosphere, and with some justification the element helium.

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Photo taken by Janssen, from the Meudon observatory, of Renard and Krebs' La France dirigible (1885)Photo taken by Janssen, from the Meudon observatory, of Renard and Krebs' La France dirigible (1885)Janssen's grave in ParisJanssen's grave in Paris

Awards 7

1893Commander of the Legion of Honour
1876Rumford Medal
1875Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1868Knight of the Legion of Honour
1868Lalande Prize
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

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Connected to Pierre 6

Friedrich MohsAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghChico BuarqueAlso won Military Order of Saint James of the SwordFrank WhittleAlso won Rumford MedalKarl Ludwig HardingAlso won Lalande PrizeJohann PalisaAlso won Lalande PrizeAbraham Gottlob WernerAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

About this person

Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1824 to 1907 · aged 83
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30 languages

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