Pierre Janssen
French astronomer (1824-1907) · France · On the map · Scientists · Died at 83
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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1907Died23 December 19071893Commander of the Legion of HonourAward1876Rumford MedalAward1875Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1868Knight of the Legion of HonourAwardLalande PrizeAward1824Born22 February 1824
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Lived 1824 to 1907 · aged 83
