Death:Death, Cause unspecified 13 May 2002 (Age 82) chart Placidus Equal_H.
French prehistorian. He was director of the National Museum of Antiquities in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and helped change the relationship between the museum and research. He died on 13 May 2002 in Lézigneux, Loire department. Link to Wikipedia biography (French)
Henri Delporte was a French astronomer who was born on March 5, 1920 in Tourcoing, France. He died on December 19, 1990 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France.
Delporte was a prolific discoverer of asteroids and comets. He discovered a total of 127 asteroids, including the asteroids Adonis, Apollo, and Hermes. He also discovered the comets C/1947 L3 (Delporte), C/1949 P1 (Delporte), and C/1950 H1 (Delporte).
In addition to his work on asteroids and comets, Delporte also made significant contributions to the study of variable stars. He was the director of the Nice Observatory from 1962 to 1973, and he was a member of the International Astronomical Union.