Alexander Dallas Bache
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Alexander Dallas Bache was a prominent 19th-century American physicist, educator, and scientific administrator who led major coastal surveying and helped modernize U.S. science and engineering education.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Dallas Bache canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
educator
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person ⓘ physicist ⓘ scientific administrator ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1806-07-19 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
creation of a national system of weights and measures standards in the United States
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development of systematic coastal charts of the United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1867-02-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Newport, Rhode Island, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | United States Military Academy ⓘ |
| educationDegree | Top graduate of the United States Military Academy class of 1825 ⓘ |
| employer | United States Coast Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1865 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Bache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
coastal surveying
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geodesy ⓘ physics ⓘ science education ⓘ |
| fullName | Alexander Dallas Bache NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexander ⓘ |
| hasAncestor | Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGrandfather | Alexander J. Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of engineering education in the United States
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professionalization of American science ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Philosophical Society
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leadership of the United States Coast Survey
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modernization of American science and engineering education ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
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physicist ⓘ scientific administrator ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
First president of the National Academy of Sciences
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President of Girard College ⓘ President of the American Philosophical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey ⓘ |
| relative |
Alexander J. Dallas
NERFINISHED
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Benjamin Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
geodesy
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meteorology ⓘ terrestrial magnetism ⓘ |
| startTime | 1843 ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
Girard College
NERFINISHED
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University of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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