Английская Википедия:Edward Ayearst Reeves

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox academic Edward Ayearst Reeves (9 February 1862Шаблон:Snd17 October 1945) was a British geographer, astronomer, and cartographer. He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society beginning in 1896,[1] a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society from 1900,[2] and won the 1922 Cullum Geographical Medal and 1928 Victoria Medal.[1]

Born on 9 February 1862 in Lewes, Reeves became a junior assistant in the Royal Geographical Society's map room of the at age 16, becoming a map curator in 1900. Beginning in 1901, he worked as an instructor of both astronomy and surveying; in 1904, he was promoted to superintendent of the map drawing department. He retired in 1933.[1]

Reeves was an author of multiple written works, notably including editing multiple editions of Hints to Travellers,[3][4] as well as authoring Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical (1904),[5] Maps and Map-making (1910),[6][7] and The Recollections of a Geographer (1935).[8][9]

Reeves married Grace Eden Harley in 1888. He died in his Reigate home on 17 October 1945,[1] leaving his widow, a son (Alec Reeves), and a daughter (Dorothy).[10]

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