Hervé Faye

Hervé Auguste Étienne Albans Faye ( born October 3, 1814 Saint-Benoît-du-Sault/Indre; † July 4, 1902 in Paris) was a French astronomer.

Life

Faye began in 1836 at the Paris Observatory as an intern. He discovered the comet in 1843 and was 4P/Faye for the astronomical price of the Paris Academy of Sciences, the Prix Lalande, honored, and in 1847 elected to the Academy itself.

He taught from 1848 to 1853 at the École polytechnique Geodesy and then went as rector and professor of astronomy to Nancy. From 1873 to 1893 he taught at the École polytechnique astronomy.

Faye was a member in 1862 and 1876, President of the Bureau des Longitudes and was in 1877 the French minister of education for a few weeks. He was knighted in 1843, 1855 and 1870 officer appointed commander of the Legion of Honour.

In 1891 he became president of the permanent Commission of the International Geodesy and worked in the fields of meteorology, seismology and geodesy.

The lunar crater Faye is named after him.