Henri-Alexandre Deslandres

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[1]
Scientific career
Fieldsastronomy
InstitutionsMeudon
Paris Observatories

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.

  1. ^ Stratton, F. J. M. (1954). "Henri Alexandre Deslandres. 1853-1948". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 9 (1): 64–77. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1954.0006. JSTOR 769199.