Facts: - death place: austin , texas - prizes: henry norris russell lectureship 1988 - birth name: gerard henri de vaucouleurs - death date: 7 october 1995 - field: astronomy - birth date: 25 april 1918 - name: gerard de vaucouleurs - image size: 225px - nationality: france - image: gerard de vaucouleurs00.jpg - birth place: paris - alma mater: sorbonne Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gerard de vaucouleurs .
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gerard henri de vaucouleurs -lrb- 25 april 1918 -- 7 october 1995 -rrb- was a french astronomer .