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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
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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet
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Edward Forbes
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Sir George Everest
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William Bowie
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English noble, the younger [died 1326]
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