Asteroids named after people called Guillaume
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Guillaume Budé (1468-1540) was one of the first philologists in France to teach himself classical Greek, making him an expert on the language of Homer. Founder of the Collège de France (1530), he is well known for his Commentaires sur la langue grecque (1529).Discovered 27 January 1993 by E. W. Elst, Caussols
Chrétien-Guillaume de Malesherbes (1721-1794) was a botanist and a French statesman. As chancellor he controlled the press, yet without his secret support the Encyclopédie, representing the thought of the Enlightenment, may never have been published. He was guillotined for his defense of King Louis XVI.Discovered 31 December 1991 by E. W. Elst, Haute Provence
Guillaume de Machault (c.1300–1377) was a medieval poet and one of the last poet-musicians. He belonged to the ars nova musical movement and perfected the secular song forms, rondeau and balade. His masterpiece, Le voir dit, includes deliberate inconsistencies that force a reader to question the truthfulness of the story.Discovered 8 April 1991 by E. W. Elst, La Silla
Guillaume Blanchard (b. 1969) is a French optician who specializes in astronomical optics. An amateur astronomer for more than 20 years, he has built many telescopes and is now working in the field of optical correctors. He has written several papers on the history of optics.Discovered 6 December 1997 by ODAS, Caussols
Guillaume Cannat (b. 1962) is a scientific journalist and author. He worked for many years with the magazine Ciel et Espace and is now with Espace. He is the author of several books, including the annual Guide du ciel, which he has published for more than ten years.Discovered 28 January 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
Guillaume Faury (b. 1976) is a research engineer at the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (Toulouse). An expert in space image analysis, he worked on the Rosetta mission and successfully located the Philae lander on the surface of 67P. He has produced many anaglyph 3D views for the CNES archive.Discovered 7 December 1998 by ODAS, Caussols
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