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Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini (30 June 1748 – 18 October 1845) was a French astronomer, son of César-François Cassini de Thury.
Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. In 1784 he succeeded his father as director of the observatory; but his plans for its restoration and re-equipment were wrecked in 1793 by the animosity of the National Assembly. His position having become intolerable, he resigned on 6 September and was thrown into prison in 1794, but released after seven months. He then withdrew to Thury, where he died fifty-one years later.
av. The portrait of Jean-Dominique Cassini
rv. The commemorative insctiption in Latin
diameter - 41 mm (1⅝ “)
weight – 49.20 gr, (1.74 oz)
metal – bronze, authentic patina
De Cassini published in 1770 an account of a voyage to
Cassini’s Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire de l’observatoire de Paris (1810) embodied portions of an extensive work, the prospectus of which he had submitted to the
His youngest son Henri was a botanist of some note.