Edward Chester Barnard

Edward Chester Barnard (1863-1921) was an American topographer. Born in New York, he was a graduate of Columbia University (1884). 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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Geological Survey Professional Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1967. pp. 106–. Retrieved 30 March 2013.


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