# Guillaume Le Gentil
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Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière (12 September 1725 – 22 October 1792) was a French astronomer who discovered several nebulae and was appointed to the Royal Academy of Sciences. He made unsuccessful attempts to observe the 1761 and 1769 transits of Venus from India.
== Biography ==
guillaume le gentil was born in Coutances and first intended to enter the church before turning to astronomy.
Something True 2.8: Odyssée
Guillaume le Gentil didn’t find purpose in the church, seeking it instead in the stars. In 1761, he participated in a global astronomical mission to observe the Transit of Venus from various stations across the globe. But the course of science never did run smooth, and le Gentil’s travels would sca…
Guillaume Le Gentil, The 18th Century Astronomer With the Worst Luck
Today in 1769 Captain James Cook and his crew observed the transit of Venus from Tahiti, a big deal for astronomers then; only his French colleague Guillaume Le Gentil had spent years preparing to do the exact same thing, and had much worse luck on his expedition. Plus: for World Bicycle Day, a vis…
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Dr Alan Duffy on Guillaume Le Gentil
Dr Alan Duffy is a research fellow at Swinburne University of Technology, creating baby universes with supercomputers and watching galaxies from inside them. His website is http://www.alanrduffy.com and you can follow him on Twitter @astroduff. He tells the story of the 18th century French astronom…
Episode 3: To Witness a Transit
A look at the life of Guillaume Le Gentil, France's most determined astronomer.
Guillaume Le Gentil
Guillaume Le Gentil spent more than 11 years away from his native France just to witness two brief astronomical events. Along the way, he had to survive war, a hurricane, disease, and grumpy officials. When he got home, he’d lost his job and been declared dead. But the real hardship? He missed both…
Guillaume Le Gentil
Guillaume Le Gentil spent more than 11 years away from his native France just to witness two brief astronomical events. Along the way, he had to survive war, a hurricane, disease, and grumpy officials. When he got home, he’d lost his job and been declared dead. But the real hardship? He missed both…
The Most Disastrous Observation in History: Guillaume Le Gentil’s Long Wait
Guillaume Le Gentil and the Most Disastrous Observation in History
Guillaume Le Gentil should have been remembered as one of the great astronomical observers of the 18th century. Instead, history handed him a cosmic slapstick routine: eleven years of travel, two transits of Venus, and not a single …
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