|
Louise du Pierry or Dupiery, née ''Elisabeth Louise Felicité Pourra de la Madeleine''〔 Jean Pierre Poirier, ''Histoire des femmes de science en France: du Moyen-Âge à la Révolution''. Pygmalion, 2002, ISBN 9782857047896〕 (1746 – ''fl.'' 1807), was a French astronomer and professor. Louise du Pierry was a student of Jerome de Lalande in 1779. She was a member of the ''Académie des Sciences de Béziers''. In 1789, she became the first female professor at the Sorbonne university in Paris as the leader of the ''Cours d’astronomie ouvert pour les dames et mis à leur portée'' for female students. The course was a huge success, despite many student fearing at first the subject matter would be too difficult for women.〔 She predicted eclipses by collecting historical data over the past century. She computed tables for the length of day and night and assembled refraction tables in right ascension and declination for the latitude of Paris. She published her work in 1799. The year of her death is unknown, but she was still alive in 1807. Jerome De Lalande dedicated his work ''Astronomie des Dames'' (1790),〔(''Astronomie des dames'', p. 6 ) (1817)〕 to her, where she is lauded for her talent, taste, and courage in the field of science. == See also == * Nicole-Reine Lepaute 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louise du Pierry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|