- This is a list of
geodesists,
people who made
notable contributions to geodesy,
whether or not
geodesy was
their primary field.
These include historical...
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relying on
datums and
coordinate systems.
Geodetic job
titles include geodesist and
geodetic surveyor.
Geodesy began in pre-scientific antiquity, so the...
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March 1842, Ellwangen, Württemberg – 17
April 1899, Hanover) was a
German geodesist who
conducted surveys in
Germany and
Africa and
founded the
German geodesy...
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group of 167 scientists, with mathematicians, naturalists, chemists, and
geodesists among them.
Their discoveries included the
Rosetta Stone, and
their work...
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Friedrich Robert Helmert (31 July 1843 – 15 June 1917) was a
German geodesist and
statistician with
important contributions to the
theory of errors. Helmert...
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Prize in Chemistry.
Baeyer was born in
Berlin as the son of the
noted geodesist and
captain of the
Royal Prussian Army
Johann Jacob Baeyer and his wife...
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formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a
French astronomer and
geodesist who
named 14 out of the 88 constellations. From 1750 to 1754, he studied...
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November 1954, Kraków) was a
Polish astronomer,
mathematician and
geodesist.
Banachiewicz was
educated at
University of
Warsaw and his
thesis was...
- Finn Bjørnseth (5
February 1892 – 5 May 1970) was a
Norwegian geodesist and a
military officer. Bjørnseth was born in
Kristiania (now Oslo), a son of...
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Croisic – 15
August 1758, Paris) was a
French mathematician, geophysicist,
geodesist, and astronomer. He is also
known as "the
father of
naval architecture"...
