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William Wharton (Royal Navy officer)

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he carried out extensive surveying the Sea of Marmora and the Bosphorus, as well as in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. In the Bosphorus he designed ingenious methods to measure the flow at different levels, showing currents and counter-currents. In 1874, Wharton was involved in preparations for
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held its meeting in South Africa. Wharton, as President of the Geographic Section of the Association, was one of the party who travelled to attend the meeting. He died of
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on this work, who became a lifelong friend, and would later be Astronomer at the Cape of Good Hope. This work established an accurate longitude for the
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He joined the Royal Navy in August 1857 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1863. His first surveying work was in HMS Gannet, including work in the
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He was born in London, the second son of Robert Wharton, County Court Judge of York. He was educated at Barney's Academy, Gosport and the
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David Gill, man and astronomer ; memoirs of Sir David Gill, K.C.B., H.M. astronomer (1879-1907) at the Cape of Good Hope
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he surveyed the seas off East Africa. He was promoted to captain in 1880, and for the next two years worked on his manual
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Wharton, W.J.L. (1888), "On the seismic sea waves caused by the eruption of Krakatoa, August 26th and 27th, 1883",
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Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1905).
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The eruption of Krakatau, and subsequent phenomena. Report of the Krakatau Committee of the Royal Society
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Wharton, J.L. (1872). "Observations on the Currents and Undercurrents of the Dardanelles and Bosphorus".
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Hydrographical Surveying. A Description of the Means and Methods Employed in Constructing Marine Charts
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British Association members of the voyage around Africa 1905. W. Warton in the top row, 6th from right
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A. M. F. (December 1905). "Obituary: Admiral Sir W. J. L. Wharton, K. C. B., F. R. S.".
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he was appointed to the Royal Society committee studying the effects of the eruption of
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Admiralty Chart, Africa east coast Kilwa Point to Zanzibar Channel, Surveyed in 1874-7
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in 1886. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical and Astronomical Societies.
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generated by the eruption. In 1895 he was promoted to rear-admiral.
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in 1893. The report, published in 1888, included his section on the
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in December 1882. On 1 August 1884 he was appointed to the post of
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A Short History of H.M.S. Victory, Gathered from Various Sources
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Captain Cook's Journal during the First Voyage round the World
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William Wharton (hydrographer)

London
Cape Town
United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Rear Admiral
HMS Shearwater
HMS Fawn
HMS Sylvia
Fellow of the Royal Society
Hydrographer of the Navy
KCB
FRS
FGS
Hydrographer of the Navy
Royal Naval Academy

Bay of Fundy
Shearwater
transit of Venus
David Gill
Seychelles
Fawn
transit of Venus
Hydrographer of the Navy
Sir Frederick Evans
Krakatoa
seismic waves
Knight Commander of the Bath

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