François Gonnessiat (1856 – October 18, 1934) was a French astronomer. 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

He worked at the Observatory of Lyon, France. In 1901 became director of the Quito Observatory for the purpose of making geodetic measurements. He was director of the Algiers Observatory from 1908 to 1931, where one of his colleagues was Benjamin Jekhovsky. Lyons), see Lyons (disambiguation). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... This article or section should include material from Erdmessung. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Benjamin Jekhowsky (Вениамин Павлович Жеховский) (1881 – after 1953) was a Russian-French astronomer, born in Warsaw (at the time, Poland was part of the Russian empire). ...

He extensively observed comets, and also discovered a couple of asteroids. Comet Hale-Bopp, showing a white dust tail and blue gas tail (February 1997) Comet (disambiguation). ... An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ...

An asteroid is a small, solid object in our Solar System, orbiting the Sun. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

Obituary

• Obs 57 (1931) 386 (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/Obs../0057//0000386.000.html) (incorrectly says he was director of Algiers Observatory only until 1916, see [1] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/JO.../0014//0000128.000.html) [2] (http://perso.wanadoo.fr/bernard.venis/Alger/facultes/textes/ecole_sciences_gamt83.htm))