Brigadier Guy Bomford (1899-1996) was a British geodesist.[1] He worked at the Survey of India and the Corps of Royal Engineers. In 1947 he was appointed as reader in surveying and geodesy at the University of Oxford, holding this post until his retirement in 1966. In 1952 he published a book titled Geodesy,[2] which became widely circulated.[3][4][5] From 1963 to 1967 he served as president of the International Association of Geodesy.[6]

References

  1. ^ Robbins, A. (1996). "Obituary: Guy Bomford MA DSc OBE". Survey Review. 33 (262): 563–564. doi:10.1179/sre.1996.33.262.563.
  2. ^ Bomford, G. (1952). Geodesy. OCLC 489193198.
  3. ^ Harrison, J. C. (12 April 1963). "Geodesy. Guy Bomford. Oxford University Press, New York, ed. 2, 1962. xvi + 561 pp. Illus. $14.40". Science. 140 (3563): 167–168. doi:10.1126/science.140.3563.167-a. S2CID 161595973.
  4. ^ "Book Reviews". Geophysical Journal International. 7 (3): 391. 1963. Bibcode:1963GeoJ....7..391.. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246x.1963.tb05559.x.
  5. ^ "G. Bomford—Geodesy". Bulletin Géodésique (in French). 68 (1): 211–213. 1963. Bibcode:1963BGeod..37..211.. doi:10.1007/bf02526154. S2CID 186215877.
  6. ^ Drewes, Hermann; Kuglitsch, Franz; Adám, József; Rózsa, Szabolcs (30 September 2016). "The Geodesist's Handbook 2016" (PDF). Journal of Geodesy. 90 (10): 907–1205. Bibcode:2016JGeod..90..907D. doi:10.1007/s00190-016-0948-z. S2CID 125925505.

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