Alexander George Findlay (January 6, 1812, London - May 3, 1875, Dover) - British geographer - hydrograph , cartographer , publisher , scientific writer.
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Biography
Alexander George Findlay was born into a respected family, his father was one of the first scholars of the Royal Geographical Society. From childhood, he was interested in geography, meteorology, and especially hydrography; by 1843, he became one of the most famous British hydrographs. In 1844, he was elected a member of the Royal Geographical Society and joined its council. His work on meteorology attracted the attention of Admiral Fitzroy, who offered him a job as a meteorologist in the Navy, but Findlay refused and chose a scientific career. In 1858 he became the owner of the London publishing house "Laurie & Whittle", engaged in the publication of geographical and navigation maps. For his work on the description of the British lighthouse system, he was awarded a medal from the Society of Arts. In 1870 he was elected an honorary foreign member of the Italian Geographical Society.
Major works: “Ancient and Comparative Geography” (1851; this work was internationally famous), “Coasts and Islands of the Pacific Ocean” (1851, 2 volumes), “On the currents of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans” (Liverpool, 1853 ), “On the Gulf Stream and its supposed influence upon the climate of Europe” (Exeter, 1869) and others [5] , such as six marine catalogs and many scientific articles.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- ↑ Swartz A. Open Library - 2005.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography / C. Matthew - Oxford : OUP , 2004.
- ↑ Findlay, Alexander George // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- DNB Article