• Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière (French pronunciation: [ɡijom lə ʒɑ̃ti], 12 September 1725 – 22 October 1792) was a...
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  • administrator Guillaume Le Gentil, a French astronomer Jean-François Gentil, a French colonial officer Joseph Philippe Gentil, Mauritian composer Otto Gentil, German...
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  • Theatre Centre in November 1992. The play is based on the life of Guillaume Le Gentil (1725–1792), a gentleman astronomer. In the play, he is obsessed...
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    hockey player Guillaume Le Gentil (1725–1792), French astronomer Guillaume Legrant, French composer of the early renaissance Guillaume Lekeu, Belgian...
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    around 9° east-northeast of Deneb. The cluster was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749, then Charles Messier added it to his catalogue in 1764....
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    Messier 32 (category Discoveries by Guillaume Le Gentil)
    satellite galaxy of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and was discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749. The galaxy is a prototype of the relatively rare compact...
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    Battista Hodierna before 1654. M37 was missed by French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil when he rediscovered M36 and M38 in 1749. French astronomer Charles...
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    a nebulous patch. The cluster was independently re-discovered by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1749, then Charles Messier observed it in 1764 and added it to...
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    Lagoon Nebula was discovered independently by John Flamsteed in 1680, Guillaume Le Gentil in 1747, and Charles Messier in 1764. The central area of the Lagoon...
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    computational paradigm was so accurate that 18th-century scientist Guillaume Le Gentil, during a visit to Pondicherry, India, found the Indian computations...
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    reappeared in 1662, claiming to have been abducted by Barbary pirates. Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer, declared dead in the 1760s after being lost at...
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    stars are approximately 9th magnitude. It was discovered in 1749 by Guillaume Le Gentil, the first of Auriga's major open clusters to be discovered. M36...
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    northwest of the core. M32 was discovered in 1749 by French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil and has since been found to lie closer to Earth than the Andromeda...
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  • eclipse chart. As an example of its accuracy, 18th century scientist Guillaume Le Gentil, during a visit to Pondicherry, India, found the Indian computations...
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    Le Gentil is a lunar impact crater that is located in the south-southwest part of the Moon, near the limb, and is nearly attached to the southern rim...
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    Rietz, Swedish general, count and politician (b. 1722) October 22 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725) October 28 Paul Möhring, German physician...
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  • States, 1868–1921) Typhoon Lee (United States and Taiwan, 1948–) Guillaume Le Gentil (France, 1725–1792) Georges Lemaître (Belgium, 1894–1966) Pierre...
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  • from the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea, which quoted Berossus. (Guillaume Le Gentil claimed that Halley's usage was incorrect in 1756, but the name continues...
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  • Williams, American minister, academic, and jurist (b. 1694) 1792 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725) 1847 – Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler...
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    (Maximilian Hell), and France (Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche and Guillaume Le Gentil) took part in expeditions to places that included Siberia, Newfoundland...
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    computations were very accurate that 18th-century French scientist Guillaume Le Gentil, during a visit to Pondicherry, India, found the Indian computations...
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  • 1690 – Peter Dens, Flemish theologian and academic (d. 1775) 1725 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792) 1736 – Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (d...
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  • additional vocals, viola de gamba, Japanese spoken word Margot Gentil – additional vocals Sacha Gentil – additional vocals Ai Matsui – Japanese translation on...
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    reported that the comedian had been found dead in a hotel room. Guillaume Le Gentil left Paris to head towards Pondicherry in 1760. He faced numerous...
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  • Maximilian Hell and János Sajnovics in Vardø, Norway Guillaume Le Gentil in Pondicherry, India: Le Gentil had hoped to go to Manila in the Philippines but...
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  • who finds the first evidence that the planet has an atmosphere Guillaume Le Gentil, who had hoped to observe from Pondicherry in India, is prevented...
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    Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799) September 12 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792) September 16 Nicolas Desmarest, French...
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  • Davis studied astronomical tables obtained by the French astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil, French Resident at the Faizabad court of Shuja-ud-Daula who in turn...
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  • Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d. 1799) September 12 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792) September 16 Nicolas Desmarest, French...
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  • Paul-Auguste-Ernest Laugier Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent Jean Le Fèvre Guillaume Le Gentil Pierre Charles Le Monnier Urbain Le Verrier Nicole-Reine Lepaute Edmond Modeste...
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