Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler

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Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler was a Swiss-American surveyor and scientist who became the first superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey, laying the foundations for modern American coastal mapping and geodesy.

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Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1770-10-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1843-11-20 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bern ⓘ
University of Zurich ⓘ
École Polytechnique ⓘ
employer U.S. Coast Survey ⓘ
United States Military Academy ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
familyName Hassler ⓘ
fieldOfWork cartography ⓘ
geodesy ⓘ
surveying ⓘ
givenName Ferdinand ⓘ
Rudolph ⓘ
influenced development of U.S. geodetic surveying ⓘ
later work of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ⓘ
knownFor establishing standards of weights and measures in the United States ⓘ
introducing precise geodetic methods in the United States ⓘ
laying foundations of modern American coastal mapping ⓘ
triangulation surveys along the U.S. coast ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
American Philosophical Society ⓘ
movedTo United States of America ⓘ
movementDate 1805 ⓘ
nationality Swiss-American ⓘ
notableWork early U.S. geodetic standards ⓘ
founding of the U.S. Coast Survey ⓘ
occupation professor ⓘ
scientist ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aarau ⓘ
Old Swiss Confederacy ⓘ
placeOfDeath Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld first superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey ⓘ
head of the Survey of the Coast ⓘ
professor of mathematics at the United States Military Academy ⓘ

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NOAA Ship Ferdinand R. Hassler → namedAfter → Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler ⓘ
United States Coast Survey → director → Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler ⓘ