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Alexander Dallas Bache

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American scientist (1806-1867)

United StatesScientistsLived 1806 to 1867 · aged 60
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Alexander Dallas Bache was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey to map the mideastern United States coastline.

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Bache's gravesite at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.Bache's gravesite at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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1860Foreign Member of the Royal Society
1858Patron’s Medal
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Georg Ossian SarsAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghFrancis GarnierAlso won Patron’s MedalGerhard Friedrich RohlfsAlso won Patron’s MedalJohann von LamontAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghKatherine GraingerAlso won Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghEdward Adrian WilsonAlso won Patron’s Medal

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Alexander Dallas Bache was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey to map the mideastern United States coastline. Originally an army engineer, he later became Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and built it into the foremost scientific institution in the country before the American Civil War.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1806 to 1867 · aged 60
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