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He was forced to abandon astronomy for a dozen years while he performed his military service, but then returned to Juvisy in 1906 to resume his post at the observatory (he succeeded Eug\u00e8ne Antoniadi, who had left Juvisy in 1902).[5]Qu\u00e9nisset worked at the Juvisy observatory for the remainder of his career until 1947, when his health obliged him to quit.[6]He was a member of the International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research in 1913.[7]He was a member of the International Astronomical Union and participated in Commissions 15 (Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets) and 16 (Physical Study of Planets & Satellites).[8]Qu\u00e9nisset died on 8 April 1951 and is buried in the new cemetery of Juvisy.[2]Scientific achievements[edit]Co-discovered comet C\/1893 N1 Rordame-Quenisset on 9 January 1893.[9]First in France to photograph zodiacal light in 1902.[10]Discovered comet C\/1911 S2 (Quenisset) on 23 September 1911.[11]First to photograph details of the surface of Venus in 1911.[12]Took nearly 6,000 astronomical photographs and more than 1,500 meteorological photographs [as of 1932], many of which were published in the Bulletin of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 astronomique de France, the Comptes Rendus des s\u00e9ances de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des sciences, and other scientific publications.[1] His most noteworthy meteorological photographs were published as individual plates in the book Les Nuages et les Syst\u00e8mes nuageux.[13] Qu\u00e9nisset also made numerous drawings of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the Moon.First to  successfully record Mercury’s albedo features photographically.[14]First in France to photograph Pluto, in Spring and Autumn 1930.[15]Delivered numerous conferences on astronomy in France (Paris, Versailles, Le Havre, Saint-Quentin, Tours, Lille, Cr\u00e9py-en-Valois) and in other countries (Belgium, Switzerland).[1]Awards and honors[edit]Publications[edit]Author[edit]Les phototypes sur papier au g\u00e9latinobromure (Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1901).[27]Applications de la photographie \u00e0 la physique et \u00e0 la m\u00e9t\u00e9orologie (Paris: Charles Mendel, 1901).OCLC\u00a0862997866Manuel pratique de photographie astronomique \u00e0 l’usage des amateurs photographes (Paris: Charles Mendel, 1903). OCLC\u00a030058364Instruction pour la photographie des nuages (Paris: Office National de M\u00e9t\u00e9orologie, 1923), OCLC\u00a0473673890.Annuaire astronomique et m\u00e9t\u00e9orologique Camille Flammarion (Paris: Flammarion (impr. de Jouve), 1937-1951).[28]Contributor[edit]Cours de m\u00e9t\u00e9orologie \u00e0 l’usage des candidats au brevet de m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiste militaire. 2\u00e8me Partie, Les Nuages et les Syst\u00e8mes nuageux: Planches (Paris\u00a0: Office national m\u00e9t\u00e9orologique de France, 1926).Atlas international des nuages et des types de ciels. I. Atlas g\u00e9n\u00e9ral (Paris\u00a0: Office National M\u00e9t\u00e9orologique de France, 1939).[29]References[edit]^ a b c [1] Archives nationales, Base Leonore, Cote 19800035\/1234\/42381^ a b [2] L’Astronomie 1951, vol. 65, p. 357.^ [3] Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Astronomique de France 1896, p. 435.^ [4] L’Astronomie 1894, pp. 10-12.^ [5] L’Astronomie 1951, vol. 65, p. 356.^ P. V\u00e9ron, dictionnaire des astronomes fran\u00e7ais 1850-1950, www.obs-hp.fr\/dictionnaire\/^ Transactions of the International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research, vol. 4 (Manchester: University of Manchester Press, 1914), p. 3.^ [6] L’Astronomie 1951, vol. 65, p. 360.^ Comptes-Rendus des s\u00e9ances de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences de Paris, 10 Juillet 1893.^ [7] L’Astronomie 1951, vol. 65, p. 359.^ Comptes-Rendus des s\u00e9ances de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences de Paris, Septembre 1911.^ Comptes-Rendus des s\u00e9ances de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences de Paris, Decembre 1911^ Durr, L\u00a0; Wehrle, Ph.\u00a0; Delcambre.  Cours de m\u00e9t\u00e9orologie \u00e0 l’usage des candidats au brevet de m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiste militaire. 2\u00e8me Partie, Les Nuages et les Syst\u00e8mes nuageux: Planches. (Paris\u00a0: Office national m\u00e9t\u00e9orologique de France, 1926)^ Gerald North. Observing the Solar System: The Modern Astronomer’s Guide (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012), p. 186.^ Comptes-Rendus des s\u00e9ances de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences de Paris, 20 Octobre 1930^ a b (in French) “Prix et M\u00e9dailles d\u00e9cern\u00e9s par la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9,” L’Astronomie, vol. 81, page 398.^ Journal officiel de la R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise, 23 avril 1901, p. 2673.^ Award of the Donohoe Comet-Medal, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol. 23, No. 139, p. 262.^ \u2018\u2019Bulletin trimestriel\u2019\u2019 of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 astronomique Flammarion de Gen\u00e8ve 1928, p. xxxiii.^ “Prix et M\u00e9dailles d\u00e9cern\u00e9s par la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9,” L’Astronomie 1979, vol. 93, p. 545.^ (in French) Ferdinand Qu\u00e9nisset, L’Astronomie, vol. 65, page 356-360, September 1951.^ Why the Weather. Cloud Photography Competition.\u00a0The Gazette and Daily\u00a0(York, Pennsylvania), 3 February 1934, p. 7.^ The International Cloud Year, The Photographic Journal (The Royal Photographic Society), March 1934, 137.^ “Prix et Subventions Attribu\u00e9s en 1934: Prix Valz”. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des S\u00e9ances de l’Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences. December 17, 1934. p.\u00a01480.^ (in French) Prix et M\u00e9dailles d\u00e9cern\u00e9s par la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9, L’Astronomie, vol. 80, page 382, 1966.^ “WGSBN Bulletin, Vol. 2, #12” (PDF). International Astronomical Union. September 2022. 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