2 Quotes & Sayings By Urbain Le Verrier
Urbain Leverrier was born in Paris, France on May 24, 1774. He was educated at the Paris Observatory. He was appointed professor of mathematics at the Royal Observatory at Paris in 1812. Leverrier's work at the observatory included calculating the orbit of Uranus, which was discovered by William Herschel in 1781
Leverrier's calculations for Uranus' orbit were published in 1837, six years after Herschel's discovery. Leverrier played a major role in the discovery of Neptune. In 1846, he calculated that Uranus' orbit would bring it near the Sun in 1851.
This prediction was confirmed by Edward J. Lowell, who discovered Neptune on September 23, 1846. Leverrier died on October 25, 1848.