what was charles messier education
The loss of his father at the age of eleven changed the family's financial status, however, and Messier left formal education to be schooled at home by his older brother. At the age of 21, Messier took a position with the Astronomer to the French Navy, where he kept careful records of the observations of the heavens. Messier went on to serve as the chief astronomer of the Marine Observatory in 1759 and later became the Astronomer of the Navy himself in 1771.