Henri-Alexandre Deslandres

Henri Alexandre Deslandres (24 July 1853 15 January 1948) was a French astronomer, director of the Meudon and Paris Observatories, who carried out intensive studies on the behaviour of the atmosphere of the Sun.

Henri-Alexandre Deslandres
Henri-Alexandre Deslandres
Born(1853-07-24)24 July 1853
Paris, France
Died15 January 1948(1948-01-15) (aged 94)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique
Known forspectroheliograph
AwardsJanssen Medal (1896)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1913)
Henry Draper Medal (1913)
Fellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
Fieldsastronomy
InstitutionsMeudon
Paris Observatories
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