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Andrew Wilson Baird
Periodo di attività: 1885 – 1898		Sesso: M
Varianti del nome documentate:
- Andrew Wilson Baird - Colonel Andrew Wilson Baird
Il Forrer (1902-30, VII, p. 41) riporta: Died in London, on 2. April 1908. He was born in 1843, and entered the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1861. He served through the Abyssinian campaign of 1868 as traffic manager of the railway, for which service ae received a medal and was mentioned in despatches. He then joined the great Trigonometrical Survey of India, and was selected to organize and carry out the tidal observations round the coasts of India and Burma. In 1881 he was sent as one of the delegates from India to the Geographical Congress at Venice. In 1885 he was appointed Master of the Calcutta Mint, and held that post until his retirement in 1898. For his services in connection with tidal research, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1885. On his retirement from public service the Government of India recorded their thanks, and he was created Companion of the Star of India.

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Attività di zecca
Calcutta 1885 – 1898 Maestro di zecca

Factoids
Associazione Fellow ofthe Royal Society Carica militare Colonnello Morte, data 2 aprile 1908 Morte, luogo Londra Nascita, data 1843 Pensionamento Pensionamento dalla zecca

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