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Pierre-Antoine Veron
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Pierre-Antoine Véron
Pierre-Antoine Véron
(1736–1770) was a French
astronomer
and
mathematician
. He was a disciple of astronomer and writer
Jérôme Lalande
at the
Collège Royal
. Véron is famous for having made a historical observation of the size of the
Pacific Ocean
. Together with
Philibert Commerson
, Véron was one of the main scientists that accompanied
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
on his voyage of exploration. He died of illness in
Timor
in 1770.
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