1875 20160701171654.0 ASTROimport-32 Sauval, J. 1997 Quetelet and the Discovery of the First Meteor Showers The contribution of Adolphe Quetelet to meteor astronomy is important. In 1836 he predicted the return of the Perseids and in 1837 he published the first catalogue of meteors. He was also an independent co-discoverer of the Orionids and the Quadrantids in 1839. WGN, Journal of the International Meteor Organization 25 1997 21-33 http://esoads.eso.org/abs/1997JIMO...25...21S published in REFERD