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Georges Perrier (geodesist)

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and into the course of World War II, Perrier was involved with multiple roles in geodesy organizations. Starting in 1919, he was chief of the Service géographique de l'armée's geodesy section, and he later became secretary of the International Association of Geodesy. From 1929 to 1931 he served as
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broke out, all elected members within the International Association of Geodesy remained in their positions until elections could resume after the war. Perrier died on 16 February 1946; his last words were disappointment of not being able to work on geodesy any longer.
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In 1901, while a member of the service, he was made a part of the French party sent to the equator in South America for remeasurements of results from
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Some sources attribute this date to 1945, but biographical articles on Perrier say he served as secretary until his death, which was in 1946.
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died when Georges was only 16, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps, joining the
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from his work in South America, so during the course of the war he was promoted to
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He spent time serving on multiple boundary commissions until the outbreak of
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Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
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Jacquinet P (July 1946). "Le Général Georges Perrier".
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and military general. From 1922 to 1946, he served as
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Index

Général

Montpellier
Paris
François Perrier
École polytechnique
Pierre Tardi
Général
geodesist
secretary general
International Association of Geodesy
editor-in-chief
Bulletin Géodésique
Pierre Tardi
preface
Montpellier
christened
François Perrier
École polytechnique
Service géographique de l'armée
an 18th-century expedition
Spanish
World War I
captain
major
lieutenant colonel
Legion d'Honneur
interwar period
Société astronomique de France
World War II

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