Home Scientists Joseph-Nicolas Delisle Joseph-Nicolas Delisle Scientist Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (4 April 1688 – 11 September 1768) was a French astronomer and cartographer. Personal facts Birth dateApril 04, 1688 Birth placeParis Date of deathSeptember 11, 1768 Place of deathParis Known forDelisle scale facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Scientist doctoral advisorJacques Cassini doctoral studentJohann Friedrich HennertJérôme Lalande Field of studyMathematicsAstronomy Topical connections Émile BlanchardScientist Albert I Prince of MonacoRoyalty Abraham Gotthelf KästnerScientist Aage BohrScientist Élie MetchnikoffScientist Aleksandr LyapunovScientist Étienne Léopold TrouvelotScientist Édouard RocheScientist A. J. MundellaPolitician Émile DeschanelWriter Alexander Wilson Scientist Élie CartanScientist Joseph-Nicolas Delisle on Wikipedia Joseph-Nicolas Delisle