Alexander Ross Clarke Scientist

Alexander Ross Clarke (1828–1914) was a British geodesist, primarily remembered for his calculation of the Principal Triangulation of Britain (1858), the calculation of the Figure of the Earth (1858, 1860, 1866, 1880) and one of the most important text books of Geodesy (1880). He was an officer of the Royal Engineers employed on the Ordnance Survey.

Personal facts

Alexander Ross Clarke
Birth dateDecember 16, 1828
Birth place
England , Reading Berkshire
Nationality
United Kingdom
Date of deathFebruary 11, 1914
Place of death
Surrey , Reigate , Strathmore
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Field of study
Geodesy

Topical connections

Alan Lloyd HodgkinScientist
Alan FershtScientist
A. J. MundellaPolitician

Alexander Ross Clarke on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1859MNRAS..19..194C
  2. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu50488830;view=1up;seq=7
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  7. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1339970
  8. http://rspl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/15/311.full.pdf+html
  9. http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/163/445.full.pdf
  10. http://web.archive.org/web/20131214235456/http:/www.reubique.com/clarke.htm