André Couder
{{Short description|French optician and astronomer}}
André Couder (27 November 1897 – 16 January 1979) was a French optician and astronomer.
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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.{{cite web | title = Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature: Couder | publisher = International Astronomical Union (IAU) / USGS Astrogeology Science Center | date = Oct 18, 2010 | URL = http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1322}} He was awarded the Valz Prize in 1936,{{cite web | title = Prix et Subventions Attribués en 1936: Prix Valz | journal = Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences | volume = 203 | page = 1417 | date = December 21, 1936 | URL = http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k3155r/f1417}} 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.List of presidents of the Société astronomique de France
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Category:20th-century French astronomers
Category:Members of the French Academy of Sciences
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