Sir Sidney Gerald Burrard, 7th Baronet, KCSI, FRS (12 August 1860 – 16 March 1943) was a British army officer who served as Surveyor General of India and played a major role in the Great Trigonometrical Survey's work in the Himalayas and identified the source of errors resulting from the displacement of the plumbline by the mountains.
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12 August 1860 Isle of Wight, England
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Died |
16 March 1943 (aged 82) Farnborough, Hampshire, England
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Zodiac | Leo |
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