Henri-Alexandre Deslandres
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a French astronomer, director of the Meudon and Paris Observatories, who carried out intensive studies on the behavior of the atmosphere of the Sun.
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Born
24 July 1853 Paris, France
Died
15 January 1948 (aged 94) Paris, France
Nationality
French
Known for
spectroheliograph
Fields
astronomy
Alma mater
École Polytechnique
Awards
Janssen Medal (1896) Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1913) Henry Draper Medal (1913) Fellow of the Royal Society
Institutions
Meudon Paris Observatories
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France
era
1800+