André Couder
French optician and astronomer
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André Couder (27 November 1897 – 16 January 1979) was a French optician and astronomer.
André Couder | |
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| Born | 27 November 1897 |
| Died | January 16, 1979 (aged 81) |
Resting place | Bourg-la-Reine |
| Education | Chimie ParisTech[1] |
| Occupations | optician and astronomer |
Board member of | Société astronomique de France (SAF) |
| Awards | Valz Prize & Janssen Medal |
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From 1925, he worked in the optics laboratory of the Paris Observatory. Between 1952 and 1958 he was vice-president of the International Astronomical Union. A lunar crater, Couder, is named for him.[2] He was awarded the Valz Prize in 1936,[3] and the Janssen Medal from the French Academy of Sciences in 1952.
Couder was the President of the Société astronomique de France (SAF), the French astronomical society, from 1955-1957.[4] The Couder crater on the Moon is name after him.[5]
