In 1892 he succeeded Mouchez as director of the Paris Observatory, and as president of the committee of the photographic chart of the heavens he contributed largely to the success of that great project.
In 1889, Le Verrier was succeeded by Amédée Mouchez who set to work to bring astrophysics into the mainstream by hiring Deslandres.
Amédée Joullin | Amédée Courbet | Amédée-François Frézier | Amédée Mouchez | Victor-Amédée Barbié du Bocage | Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo | Amédée Simon Dominique Thierry | Amedee Reyburn | Amédée Méreaux | Amédée Jacques | Amédée Forestier | Amédée Fengarol |