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Born December 16, 1828 • Reading • England
Died February 11, 1914 (aged 85) • Reigate • England
Notable Works “Geodesy”
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Edward Sabine
Edward Sabine
British astronomer
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
German astronomer
Jean Richer
French astronomer
George Dollond
British optician
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician
Adrien-Marie Legendre
French mathematician
Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet
British mathematician and physicist
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
French mathematician and astronomer
Pierre Bouguer
French scientist
Forbes, Edward
Edward Forbes
British naturalist
Boscovich, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in Dubrovnik Cloister, Croatia
Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich
Italian astronomer and mathematician
César-François Cassini de Thury
French surveyor
Sir George Everest
British geodesist
William Bowie
American geodesist
Jean-Charles de Borda
French naval officer and physicist
John Fillmore Hayford
American engineer and geodesist
Dominique, comte de Cassini
French surveyor and astronomer
Reggie Doherty
English tennis player
Hugh Le Despenser
English noble, the younger [died 1326]
Laurie Doherty
English tennis player