Background
De VAUCOULEURS, Gerard was born on April 25, 1918 in Paris.
De VAUCOULEURS, Gerard was born on April 25, 1918 in Paris.
Assistant astronomer, Peridier Observatory 1939, 1941-1942. Centre national de la recherche scientifique research student, Physics Research Laboratory, Sorbonne 1943-1945. Research Fellow, Astrophysics Institute Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris 1945-1949.
Science programme, British Broadcasting Corporation London 1950-1951.
Research Fellow, Australian National University at Commonwealth Observatory, Mountain. Stromlo 1951-1954; Observer-in-Charge, Yale-Columbia Southern Station, Mountain.
Stromlo 1954-1957. Astronomer, Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona 1957-1958.
Research Association Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1958-1960. Association Professor Astronomy, University of Texas 1960-1964.
Professor University of Texas 1965-1981. Ashbel Smith Professor, of Astronomy, University of Texas 1981-1982, Blumberg Centennial Professor, of Astronomy, University of Texas 1983-1988, Professor Emeritus since 1988.
Visiting Professor College de France 1976.
Visiting Fellow, Australian National University 1981-1982. Lecturer (American Astronomical Society) 1988, Janssen.
North.A.S., Institute Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of France.
Married 1st Antoinette Pietra in 1944 (died in 1987), 2nd Elysabeth Bardavid.