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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
British astronomer
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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
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Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich
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César-François Cassini de Thury
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Sir George Everest
British geodesist
William Bowie
American geodesist
Jean-Charles de Borda
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John Fillmore Hayford
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