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Leverrier
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Leverrier (French) [ləvɛrje]
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(Biographies / Leverrier, Urbain Jean Joseph (1811-1877) M, French, SCIENCE: astronomer) Urbain Jean Joseph (yrbɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ ʒozɛf). 1811-77, French astronomer: calculated the existence and position of the planet Neptune
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The planet, Neptune, was discovered by Cambridge student John Couch Adams and French astronomer, Urbain Le Verrier.
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An occasional brilliant researcher like Louis Pasteur, or Urbain Le Verrier in astronomy, were autocrats who made the lives of their staffs miserable.
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