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Faye entered the Paris Observatory in 1836, where he discovered the periodic comet of 1843. He was professor of geodesy at the École Polytechnique in 1873 and professor of astronomy at Nancy. Faye made important contributions in the study of earth cyclones. DSB, IV, p. 555.