Anyone out there know the proper pronounciation for the early 19th century astronomer Honore Flaugergues? There's a large crater on Mars named after him. My best guess from my college French is Flaw-gherz, but frankly (pun intended) I'm stumped.
Tom

Flow-jairg

"j" as in "jar"
"air" as in "air"
"g" as in "great"

From my french speaking (but not French) wife. I hope my conveyance is adequate.

(Note: a final "s" is rarely pronounced in french.)

Its more like the "j" sound in "vision", not the "dj" as in "jar". The stress is on the "gerg" sound (in French, the stress is always on the last sonorous syllable).

The first name (Honoré) is pronounced "O-no-ray", with the "o" sound as in the English word "lot", the stress being on the final "ray".

Thanks much to both.

Let me try this one (as I'm French). The "ré" is as in Ray (Charles) or X-Ray but without speaking the "y"
The "O" is as explained by Charbocal and the "au" of "Flau" is excately the same prononciation as the "O"; so, don't pronounce the "w" of "Flow". Then centsworth is correct, finish with the g of Great or may be also the one of "Guess" a bit accentuated; then don't pronounce the "u" or the"s".
Well, you'd better call me anyway if you want to get it right, it's an easy one!

Well, duh, it's flow. We would never pronounce that ending w. Err, unless the word is cow or allow or avow. But not in flow or grow or callow or tallow, of course. Gotta love english.

(And everyone knows that Jerry Gallo is dead, your honor. Just don't pronounce the h.)

ah ah ah, so my English is not as good as my French...but anyway, there is "something" in "flow" that's not in "Flau"...if I can say sow

All this reminds me of the story of the French lady (I forget who) whose name was mispronouned publicly by the actress Jean Harlow. She corrected her, saying the t is silent, as in Harlow.
Tom

That's true in the south of England, from where we get (or don't get) 'received pronunciation'. There, 'flow' sounds a bit like 'fle-oo' and all the other vowels get squished too. In Scotland it's quite straightforward: flow equals flo equals flau, just a single 'o' sound. Maybe something to do with the 'Auld Alliance'.