Edward Chester Barnard
American topographer
About Edward Chester Barnard
Lived 1863 – 1921 (aged 57–58). Edward Chester Barnard was an American topographer.
Edward Chester Barnard (November 13, 1863 –1921) was an American topographer. Born in New York City, he was a graduate of Columbia University. He was the chief topographer of the United States and Canada boundary survey (1903–1915); U.S. Boundary Commissioner (1915–1921); and topographer with the United States Geological Survey (1884–1907). Mount Barnard in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve was posthumously named in his honor by the International Boundary Commission.
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American topographer
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Edward Chester Barnard was born in 1863 in New York.
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Edward Chester Barnard died in 1921.
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