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Hervé Faye

Hervé Faye
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Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye was a French astronomer, born at Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (Indre) and educated at the École Polytechnique, which he left in 1834, before completing his course, to accept a position in the Paris Observatory to which he had been appointed on the recommendation of M. Arago.

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Who was born first?

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  1. Anders Jonas ÅngströmAugust 13, 1814 – June 21, 1874
  2. Daniel KirkwoodSeptember 27, 1814 – June 11, 1895
  3. Eugène Charles CatalanMay 30, 1814 – February 14, 1894
  4. Hervé Faye (this page)October 1, 1814 – July 4, 1902
  5. James Joseph SylvesterSeptember 3, 1814 – March 15, 1897
  6. Pierre WantzelJune 5, 1814 – May 21, 1848

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