Marie-Jeanne de Lalande
Appearance
Marie-Jeanne-Amélie Le Francais de Lalande, née Habray (1760–1832), was a French astronomer.
She was the niece of Jerome de Lalande and married astronomer Michel-Jean-Jerome Le Francois de Lalande in 1788.
She calculated the "Tabres horaires", which was published in Abgrége de navigation (1793).
De Lalande (crater) was named after her.
References
- Londa Schiebinger: The mind has no sex?. Women in the origins of modern science (1991)