Wikipedia Biographical Summary:

"...Jacques Cassini (8 February 1677 – 16 April 1756) was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini..."

"..Cassini was born at the Paris Observatory. Admitted at the age of seventeen to membership of the French Academy of Sciences, he was elected in 1696 a fellow of the Royal Society of London.."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Jacques Cassini', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 6 August 2011, 02:44 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jacques_Cassini&oldid=443282334> [accessed 24 September 2011]