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    Col Alexander Ross Clarke FRS FRSE (1828–1914) was a British geodesist, primarily remembered for his calculation of the Principal Triangulation of Britain...
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  • Alexander Clarke may refer to: Alexander Ross Clarke, British geodesist Alexander Clarke (cricketer), Guyanese cricketer Alex Clarke (disambiguation) Alexander...
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  • 1946), English footballer Alexander Ross Clarke (1828–1914), British geodesist Ann or Anne Clarke (disambiguation) Arianna Clarke (born 1999), Australian...
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    Colby, but the final synthesis and report (1858) was the work of Alexander Ross Clarke. The survey stood the test of time for a century, until the Retriangulation...
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    collaboration with the Spanish officers Jorge Juan and Antonio de Ulloa. Alexander Ross Clarke and Henry James published the first results of the standards' comparisons...
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    year of development is given. In 1887 the English surveyor Colonel Alexander Ross Clarke CB FRS RE was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Society for his...
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    the Paris meridian arc, named West Europe-Africa Meridian-arc by Alexander Ross Clarke, was undertaken in France and in Algeria under the direction of...
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    Ibáñez de Ibero 1825–1891 (Spain) Henri Poincaré 1854–1912 (France) Alexander Ross Clarke 1828–1914 (England) Charles Sanders Peirce 1839–1914 (United States)...
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  • until 1915, Eric Manley Clarke (mathematics, surveying, and book-keeping; son of the English geodesist Alexander Ross Clarke), and part-time lecturer...
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    in creation of the University of Reading, first Vice-Chancellor) Alexander Ross Clarke (1828–1914; geodesist; director of the measurement department of...
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