Claude-Louis Mathieu (25 November 1783  5 March 1875) was a French mathematician and astronomer who began his career as an engineer. He worked with the Bureau des Longitudes and tried to determine the distance of the stars.

Claude-Louis Mathieu
Claude-Louis Mathieu
Born(1783-11-25)25 November 1783
Died5 March 1875(1875-03-05) (aged 91)
Known fordistance of the stars
AwardsLalande Prize (1808), (1815)
Scientific career
Fieldsmathematics
astronomy
InstitutionsBureau des Longitudes

Awarded the Lalande Prize twice, in 1808 and 1815.

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