Bourgeois, Robert

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Name
Bourgeois, Robert Gender: M
Joseph Émile Robert Bourgeois
born on 21 February 1857 at 23:00 (= 11:00 PM )
Place Ste-Marie-Aux-Mines, France, 48n15, 7e11
Timezone LMT m7e11 (is local mean time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Lescaut
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_piscol.18.svg 03°18' s_mo.18.svg s_capcol.18.svg 29°53 Asc.s_scocol.18.svg 04°09'



Biography

French General, geographer and senator, who, between 1901 and 1906, as a Lieutenant-Colonel, directed the measurement of the meridian arc of Quito in South America, organized by the geodesy section of the Geographical Service of the French Army and the Academy of Sciences.

He died on 10 November 1945, aged 88, in Paris.

Link to Wikipedia biography (French)

Events

Source Notes

GraZia Bordoni's Science file quotes Lescaut.

Categories

  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 88)
  • Vocation : Humanities+Social Sciences : Geography
  • Vocation : Military : Military career (General)