Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="font-size: 0.9em; width: 230px;" |+ Asteroids discovered: 1 |- | 51 Nemausa || 22 January 1858 |}Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (or Joseph Laurent) (died 1900) was a French amateur astronomer and chemist who discovered the asteroid 51 Nemausa in 1858, for which he was a recipient of the Lalande Prize awarded by the French Academy of Sciences. It is also likely that he is the same person as the person of that name who provided chemistry assistance to photography pioneer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1853.
He never made any more asteroid discoveries and not much is known about him. He was described as a "very skillful young man" (''un jeune homme très habile'') by Édouard Stephan. He was described as a "distinguished pupil of the Marseille school", and as an amateur astronomer and an inspector of the assay office in Nîmes (''contrôleur du bureau de garantie de Nîmes'').
The asteroid was discovered using the private observatory at the house formerly occupied by Benjamin Valz, who left in 1836 to become the new director of the Marseille Observatory. He entrusted his former observatory to Laurent, who later found the asteroid. The house, at 32 rue Nationale in Nîmes (at that time known as rue de l'Agau), has a plaque commemorating the discovery.
Laurent was awarded the Lalande Prize of the French Academy of Sciences in 1858 for his discovery, jointly with five other asteroid and comet discoverers. In addition, asteroid 162 Laurentia was named in his honour.
Laurent was named assistant astronomer at the Marseille Observatory on 26 November 1858, however he resigned on 20 February 1859. He cited the disorder in the management of the observatory by Valz as the reason. Valz for his part blamed Laurent for neglecting his duties and disloyalty, in a 14 May 1863 letter to d'Abbadie.
Upon his resignation in February 1859, Laurent started a chemical analysis and testing laboratory in Marseille under the name J. Icard et J. Laurent. Provided by Wikipedia
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Woodrow Wilson, L’Humanité et la SFIO, décembre 1918-juin 1919 by Dominique A. Laurent
Published 2010-12-01
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3D DIGITIZATION OF HERITAGE: PHOTOMETRIC STEREO CAN HELP by J. Mélou, A. Laurent, A. Laurent, C. Fritz, J.-D. Durou
Published 2022-12-01
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Note sur la structure du virus de la peste des petits ruminants by P. Bourdin, A. Laurent Vautier
Published 1967-03-01
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Investigation and Analysis of an Explosion in a Research Laboratory at a French University by A. Laurent, L. Perrin, O. Dufaud
Published 2014-04-01
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State of the Art: Promotion of Early Inherently Safer Design Against Dust Explosions by O. Dufaud, L. Perrin, A. Laurent
Published 2010-04-01
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Role of phosphorus in the seasonal deoxygenation of the East China Sea shelf by A. Laurent, H. Zhang, H. Zhang, K. Fennel
Published 2022-12-01
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Simulating the effects of phosphorus limitation in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya River plumes by A. Laurent, K. Fennel, J. Hu, R. Hetland
Published 2012-11-01
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Reward predictions bias attentional selection by Brian August Anderson, Patryk A Laurent, Steven eYantis
Published 2013-06-01
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Parameterization of biogeochemical sediment–water fluxes using in situ measurements and a diagenetic model by A. Laurent, K. Fennel, R. Wilson, J. Lehrter, R. Devereux
Published 2016-01-01
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Quantifying the contributions of riverine vs. oceanic nitrogen to hypoxia in the East China Sea by F. Große, F. Große, K. Fennel, H. Zhang, H. Zhang, A. Laurent
Published 2020-05-01
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Experimental Study and Modelling of the Pyrolysis of Organic Dusts: Application to Dust Explosions by N. Cuervo, O. Dufaud, D. Torrado, N. Bardin-Monnier, L. Perrin, A. Laurent
Published 2013-05-01
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Highlighting the Importance of the Pyrolysis Step on Dust Explosions by O. Dufaud, I. Khalili, N. Cuervo-Rodriguez, R. Olcese, A. Dufour, L. Perrin, A. Laurent
Published 2012-05-01
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Evaluation of nonidentical versus identical twin approaches for observation impact assessments: an ensemble-Kalman-filter-based ocean assimilation application for the Gulf of Mex... by L. Yu, L. Yu, K. Fennel, B. Wang, A. Laurent, K. R. Thompson, L. K. Shay
Published 2019-12-01
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A polygenic score associated with fracture risk in breast cancer patients treated with aromatase inhibitors by Christine Hook, Udit Chatterjee, Haiyang Sheng, Qianqian Zhu, Timothy Robinson, Janise M. Roh, Cecile A. Laurent, Catherine Lee, Jennifer Delmerico, Joan C. Lo, Christine B. Ambrosone, Lawrence H. Kushi, Marilyn L. Kwan, Song Yao
Published 2024-01-01
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Bone health history in breast cancer patients on aromatase inhibitors. by Marilyn L Kwan, Joan C Lo, Li Tang, Cecile A Laurent, Janise M Roh, Malini Chandra, Theresa E Hahn, Chi-Chen Hong, Lara Sucheston-Campbell, Dawn L Hershman, Charles P Quesenberry, Christine B Ambrosone, Lawrence H Kushi, Song Yao
Published 2014-01-01
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Patient care pathway hypnosedation in endo urology: An innovative alternative to general anesthesia by S. Fakhfakh, C. Pouliquen, J. Campagna, K. Loverde, P. Treacy, T. Maubon, S. Rybikowski, S. Cambon, L. Nguyen, J. Deguibert, M.A. Laurent, J. Aveno, E. Bokor, C. Demontis, C. Forestier, F. Bereni, J. Galland, C. Montoya, I. Mejri, C. Cea, M. Faucher, D. Mokart, G. Pignot, J. Walz
Published 2020-07-01
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UACA locus is associated with breast cancer chemoresistance and survival by Qianqian Zhu, Emily Schultz, Jirong Long, Janise M. Roh, Emily Valice, Cecile A. Laurent, Kelly H. Radimer, Li Yan, Isaac J. Ergas, Warren Davis, Dilrini Ranatunga, Shipra Gandhi, Marilyn L. Kwan, Ping-Ping Bao, Wei Zheng, Xiao-Ou Shu, Christine Ambrosone, Song Yao, Lawrence H. Kushi
Published 2022-03-01
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