Pierre-Antoine Véron: Difference between revisions

'''Pierre-Antoine Véron''' (1736-1770) was a French expert [[astronomer]] and [[mathematician]]. He was was a disciple of astronomer and writer [[Jérôme Lalande]]<ref>[http://astro-history.hautetfort.com/media/01/02/285079344.pdf Jérôme Lalande]</ref> at the [[Collège Royal]].<ref>[http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft3489n8kn&chunk.id=d0e1896&toc.id=&brand=ucpress Seymour Chapin, ''The Men from Across La Manche: French Voyages, 1660-1790'']</ref> VerronVéron is famous for having made a historical observation of the size of the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Together with [[Philibert Commerson]], Véron is one of the main scientists accompanying [[Louis Antoine de Bougainville]] on his voyage of exploration. He died of illness in [[Timor]] in 1770.