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About Alexander Dallas Bache
Alexander Dallas Bache was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey to map the mideastern United States coastline. Originally an army engineer, he later became Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, and built it into the foremost scientific institution in the country before the American Civil War.
Everything about Alexander Dallas Bache →- Occupation
- physicist, chemist, engineer, university teacher
- Position held
- board member
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 19, 1806, 1806
- Died
- February 17, 1867, 1867