Marie Henri Andoyer

Marie Henri Andoyer (1 October 1862 – 12 June 1929) was a French astronomer and mathematician.

His father was bureau chief at the Banque de France.

Andoyer studied at the Lycée d’Harcourt, before attending the École Normale Supérieure, graduating in 1884 with a degree in mathematical sciences.

One of his sons was killed in World War I, his daughter married the mathematician Pierre Humbert.

[2] Andoyer was elected member of the French Académie des sciences on June 30, 1919 in the astronomy section.