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THE death of M. Bigourdan has taken from us a veteran astronomer, well known to many of his English colleagues. He attended the meeting of the Paris Academy of Sciences on Feb. 22, in his usual health, but died suddenly on Feb. 28. Born at Sistels (Tarn-et-Garonne) on April 6, 1851, M. Bigourdan graduated in the 15cole d'Astronomic in Paris, and was in 1877 appointed by M. Tisserand as an assistant in the Observatory at Toulouse. Here he was employed on meridian astronomy and devoted his leisure to historical studies in astronomy, which interested him all his life.
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DYSON, F. M. Guillaume Bigourdan. Nature 129, 643 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129643a0
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