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Alexander Dallas Bache
b.19 Jul 1806
d.17 Feb 1867
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Name Alexander Dallas Bache
Gender Male
Birth[1] 19 Jul 1806
Death[1] 17 Feb 1867
Reference Number? Q709790?


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Alexander Dallas Bache (July 19, 1806 – February 17, 1867) was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey to map the mideastern United States coastline. Originally an army engineer, he later became Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey, and built it into the foremost scientific institution in the country before the Civil War.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Alexander Dallas Bache, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.