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- 1851-1895 (Creation)
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Born, 1826; Addiscombe, 1844; appointed to Bombay Engineers, 1846; military reconnaissance of the Trans-Indus region from Peshawar to Dera Ismail Khan, 1849-1853; assistant in the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1853; Mahsud Waziri expedition, 1860; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1859-1896; Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1861-1883; Surveyor-General of India, 1869-1883; retired, 1883; RGS Council member, 1885; President of the Geographical Section of the British Association at Aberdeen; died, 1896.
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GB 0402 JWA 1851-1895 collection 1 box Walker , James T , 1826-1896 , surveyor , General
Born, 1826; Addiscombe, 1844; appointed to Bombay Engineers, 1846; military reconnaissance of the Trans-Indus region from Peshawar to Dera Ismail Khan, 1849-1853; assistant in the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1853; Mahsud Waziri expedition, 1860; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1859-1896; Superintendent of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, 1861-1883; Surveyor-General of India, 1869-1883; retired, 1883; RGS Council member, 1885; President of the Geographical Section of the British Association at Aberdeen; died, 1896.
Immediate source of aquisition of the two bound volumes is unknown. The copies of extracts from Walker's letters, 1867-1876, were received from the Geodetic Branch Library, Dehra Dun, 1964.
Correspondence of Gen James T Walker, comprising two volumes of correspondence, 1876-1882, to Walker from correspondants in India and Europe with some draft letters from Walker, principally concerning the Survey of India and pendulum apparatus, correspondents include: G B Airey, David Gill, W J Heaviside, J Herschel, Fr. A Hirsch, Clements R Markham, T G Montgomerie, Lord Roberts, O von Stubendorf, Richard Strachey, H L Thuillier, and Colonel Henry Yule. Copies of extracts from Walker's letters, 1867-1876, from the records held in the Geodetic Branch Library, Dehra Dun, transcribed by R Phillimore, 1964.
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Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
English
Collection level description available in the Foyle reading room.
Geodetic Branch Library, Dehra Dun.
RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1851-1860, 1871-1880, (both missing), 1881-1910.
Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing card index. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Obit. The Geographical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Mar., 1896), pp 320-323.
ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.
13 December 2000; May 2008. Dehra Dûn Europe Geodesy Geophysics India People by occupation South Asia Surveying Survey of India Surveyors Walker , James T , 1826-1896 , surveyor , General People
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Immediate source of aquisition of the two bound volumes is unknown. The copies of extracts from Walker's letters, 1867-1876, were received from the Geodetic Branch Library, Dehra Dun, 1964.
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Correspondence of Gen James T Walker, comprising two volumes of correspondence, 1876-1882, to Walker from correspondants in India and Europe with some draft letters from Walker, principally concerning the Survey of India and pendulum apparatus, correspondents include: G B Airey, David Gill, W J Heaviside, J Herschel, Fr. A Hirsch, Clements R Markham, T G Montgomerie, Lord Roberts, O von Stubendorf, Richard Strachey, H L Thuillier, and Colonel Henry Yule. Copies of extracts from Walker's letters, 1867-1876, from the records held in the Geodetic Branch Library, Dehra Dun, transcribed by R Phillimore, 1964.
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Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.
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Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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RGS Archives - Correspondence Blocks 1851-1860, 1871-1880, (both missing), 1881-1910.
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ISAD(G) ed. 2, name authority NRA.
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