François Gonnessiat
French astronomer
François Gonnessiat was a French astronomer, observer of comets and discoverer of two minor planets.
He worked at the Observatory of Lyon. In 1889 he won the Lalande Prize for astronomy from the French Academy of Sciences; 1901 became director of... Wikipedia
Born: May 22, 1856, Nurieux-Volognat, France
Died: October 17, 1934 (age 78 years), Algiers [El Djazaïr], Algeria
Discovered: 931 Whittemora and 915 Cosette