# M. de Lalande — Omega character guide

> M. de Lalande in Omega by Camille Flammarion.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lalande

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-i

## Who they are

Historical figure referenced with narrative role in the book.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-i)

M. de Lalande is mentioned as the director of the Paris observatory, who attempts to calm public hysteria with a technical statement.

### [The Comet of Doom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-ii)

Cited as one of the classical astronomers whose treatises on comets were consulted.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

The astronomer who argues that the comet collision will be a partial disaster, not a universal cataclysm.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-iv)

President of the geological society of France, delivers a lecture on the natural end of the world through gradual geological processes.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/omega_se/chapters/part-i-vii)

Referenced indirectly as the American Hebrew speculator who profits from the disaster by controlling news dissemination.

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