thumb|Alexandre Schaumasse in 1920
Alexandre Schaumasse (1882–1958) was a French astronomer and discoverer of comets and minor planets. In 1943, he was awarded the Lalande Prize.
The building that houses Chercheur de comètes, built in 1931, now bears his name (Schaumasse dome). The inner main-belt asteroid 1797 Schaumasse was named in his honor ().
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External links
- Nice Observatory brief biography (archive URL)
- History of the Schaumasse telescope of the Observatory of Nice
- Double stars discovered at the Observatory of Nice - Robert Jonckheere, Journal des Observateurs, Vol. 27, p.1
- Discovery of the asteroid 1928 WA (1114 Lorraine)
- Ephemeris of the Comet 1917 b (Schaumasse)