Floyer , Ernest Ayscoghe , 1852-1903 , Inspector General of Egyptian Telegraphs

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Floyer , Ernest Ayscoghe , 1852-1903 , Inspector General of Egyptian Telegraphs

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Born, 1852; educated, Charterhouse -1869; appointment in the Indian Telegraph Service, on the Perso-Baluch coast of the Persian Gulf, 1869-1876; explored the interior of Baluchistan, 1876; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1876-1903; Inspector General of Egyptian Telegraphs; surveying expedition in the Egyptian desert, 1887; commander of another expedition in the Egyptian desert, 1891; died, 1903.