BornMison, Alpes-de Haute-Provence, France, 17 March 1876
DiedEyrenville, Dordogne, France, 28 January 1954
Ernest Esclangon is often remembered for his contributions to applied physics during World War I and for his automated distribution of time signals by telephone.
Esclangon began his studies in a collège (school) in Manosque, his brother being a schoolmaster. He later attended the lycée (academy) in Nice before entering the École Normale Supérieure in Paris (1895). He received his degree in mathematics and secured a position at the Bordeaux Observatory in 1899 under Georges Rayet , which decided the fate of his career. There, Esclangon served as aide-astronome and astronom-adjoint. While in Bordeaux, he taught courses in rational mechanics as well as in differential calculus.
In 1919, Esclangon became director of the Strasbourg Observatory. With help from André Danjon , he revived the institution in the postwar period. Esclangon then succeeded Henri Deslandres as director of the...
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Danjon, A. (1955). “Ernest Esclangon.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 115: 124.
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Lévy, J. (2014). Esclangon, Ernest Benjamin. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_422
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