Guillaume Bigourdan

Camille Guillaume Bigourdan (French pronunciation: [kamil gijom biguʁdɑ̃]; 6 April 1851 – 28 February 1932) was a French astronomer.

Asteroids discovered: 1
390 Alma24 March 1894
Camille Guillaume Bigourdan
Born(1851-04-06)6 April 1851
Sistels
Died28 February 1932(1932-02-28) (aged 80)
Paris
NationalityFrench
SpouseMarie Mélanie Sophie Mouchez
Children9
AwardsLalande Prize (1883, 1891)
Valz Prize (1886)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Prix Jules Janssen
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsParis Observatory
Thesis Sur l'équation personnelle dans les mesures d'étoiles doubles
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