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Nature 134, 279-280 (25 August 1934) | doi:10.1038/134279a0;

M. B. BAILLAUD

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BENJAMIN BAILLAUD was born in 1848, a year of revolutions, and his peaceful life, which came to an end on July 8 last, was crossed by two wars which shook France to her foundations. Passing through the ficole Normale, he became an assistant to Leverrier at the Observatory of Paris, arid also his substitute at the Sorbonne.