Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1822)

Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre

French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1822)

Jean Baptiste Joseph, chevalier Delambre was a French mathematician, astronomer, historian of astronomy, and geodesist. He was also director of the Paris Observatory, and author of well-known books on the history of astronomy from ancient times to the 18th century.