Théophile Moreux

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Theophile Moreux (1867 – July 13, 1954) was a French astronomer and meteorologist. He founded the Bourges Observatory at the seminary St Célestin at Bourges, where he was a professor of science and mathematics.

He observed the surface features on the Moon and Mars. He published star maps and investigated the possibility of life on other planets and moons. He was critical of Percival Lowell's theory of intelligent life on Mars. In 1922 he published a review of astronomical theories and techniques (La Revue Du Ciel).

A crater on Mars was named in his honor.

[edit] External links

• Short biography with picture (in French)
• Discussion of Moreux's work with a picture (in French)
• Publication Les Autres Mondes sont-ils habités? with a Mars map (in French)