Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion

{{Short description|French astronomer (1877–1962)}}{{Infobox scientist

| birth_name = Gabrielle Renaudot

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1877|05|31|df=yes}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|10|28|1877|05|31|df=yes}}

| nationality = French

| fields = Astronomy

| workplaces = Camille Flammarion Observatory

| spouse = Camille Flammarion

}}

Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (née Renaudot) (31 May 1877 – 28 October 1962) was a French astronomer. She worked at the Camille Flammarion Observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France, and was General Secretary of the Société astronomique de France.

She published work in the changing surface features of Mars,{{Cite journal|last=Flammarion|first=G. Camille|date=1927|title=L' "Oeil" de Mars.|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1927LAstr..41..165F|journal=L'Astronomie|volume=41|pages=165–167|bibcode=1927LAstr..41..165F|issn=0004-6302}}{{Cite journal|last1=Flammarion|first1=Gabrielle Camille|last2=Quenisset|first2=F.|date=1924|title=La Planete Mars.|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1924LAstr..38..417F|journal=L'Astronomie|volume=38|pages=417–424|bibcode=1924LAstr..38..417F|issn=0004-6302}}{{Cite journal|last1=Flammarion|first1=Camille|last2=Flammarion|first2=Gabrielle|last3=Quenisset|first3=F.|date=1924|title=La Planete Mars.|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1924LAstr..38..354F|journal=L'Astronomie|volume=38|pages=354–357|bibcode=1924LAstr..38..354F|issn=0004-6302}}{{Cite journal|last1=Flammarion|first1=Camille|last2=Flammarion|first2=Gabrielle C.|last3=Quenisset|first3=F.|date=1924|title=La Planete Mars.|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1924LAstr..38..313F|journal=L'Astronomie|volume=38|pages=313–323|bibcode=1924LAstr..38..313F|issn=0004-6302}}{{Cite journal|last1=Flammarion|first1=Gabrielle Camille|last2=Renaudot|first2=G.|date=1920|title=Meteorologie Martienne.|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1920LAstr..34..377F|journal=L'Astronomie|volume=34|pages=377–379|bibcode=1920LAstr..34..377F|issn=0004-6302}} the Great Red Spot on Jupiter, and observations of other planets, minor planets and variable stars and recorded astronomy-related activities and events in numerous articles.{{Cite web|title=NASA/ADS|url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/p_=1&q=%20author:%22Flammarion,%20G.%20C.%22&sort=date%20desc,%20bibcode%20desc|access-date=2021-03-25|website=ui.adsabs.harvard.edu}}

Family

Born as Gabrielle Renaudot, her parents were Jules Renaudot, a sculptor, and Maria-Veronica Concetta Latini, who was Italian ({{Died in|1900}}).Gotlieb, Marc, The Deaths of Henri Regnault, 2016 [https://books.google.com/books?id=mzg8DgAAQBAJ&dq=maria%20veronica%20latini%20renaudot&pg=PT104 p90] Her brother was the artist Paul Renaudot.

She married Camille Flammarion, who was also an accomplished astronomer. She was his second wife. Flammarion's first wife, Sylvie Petiaux-Hugo, died in 1919."Flammarion, Nicolas Camille", Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, 2014, p373

Honors and awards

References

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  • {{cite journal|last=Arend|first=S.|title=In Memoriam: Gabrielle Flammarion|journal=Ciel et Terre|language=French |date=1962|volume=78|pages=377–378|url=http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/C%2BT../0078//0000377.000.html|accessdate=22 May 2014|bibcode = 1962C&T....78..377. }}
  • {{cite journal|title=Hommage à Mme G. Camille Flammarion|journal=L'Astronomie|language=French |date=1962|volume=76|pages=279–280|bibcode=1962LAstr..76..279.}}

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Category:20th-century French astronomers

Category:1877 births

Category:1962 deaths

Category:French women astronomers

Category:20th-century French women scientists

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