Jean-Charles Houzeau

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Jean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie (1820–1888) was a Belgian astronomer and journalist.

[edit] Life

He was born in Havre, Belgium (a small city near Mons). From 1842, he worked as a voluntary assistant at the Brussels observatory and began writing papers. He travelled a lot during his career (to Paris, the United Kingdom, United States, and Jamaica).

[edit] Works

His published works include

Des turbines, de leur construction, du calcul de leur puissance et de leur application à l'industrie (On Turbines, Their Construction, Calculation of Their Power, and Their Application in Industry / Paris, L.M. Augustin, 1839) his first published work, issued when he was 19 years old;
Atlas de toutes les étoiles visibles à l'oeil nu, formé d'après l'observation directe, dans les deux hémisphères (Atlas of All Stars Visible To the Naked Eye, Developed From Direct Observation in Two Hemispheres / Mons, Belgium, Hector Manceaux, 1878)
Vade-mecum de l'astronome (The Astronomer's Handbook / Brussels, F. Hayez, 1882);
Bibliographie générale de L'astronomie depuis L'origine de L'imprimerie Jusqu'en 1880 (General bibliography of Astronomy From Its First Printed Works Until 1880 / Brussels, F. Hayez, 1882-1887); and
Règles de climatologie (Rules of Climatology /Brussels, Jamar, no date).