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Comte, Isidore-Auguste-Marie-François-Xavier
Born Montpellier, France, 19 January 1798
Died Paris, France, 5 September 1857
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Everett, G.S. (2014). Comte, Auguste. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_298
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