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Jules Pierre Cesar Janssen French astronomer

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Jules Pierre Cesar Janssen French astronomer, 1893. Janssen (1824-1907) at the eyepiece of his reflecting telescope at Meudon observatory France. An accident at a young age left him unable to walk or attend school. He worked as a bank clerk and eventually entered the Sorbonne, graduating in 1852. From "La Science Illustree". (Paris, 1893). Engraving.

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