Georges Perrier (geodesist) explained

Caption:Perrier in 1937
Birth Date:28 October 1872[1]
Birth Place:Montpellier
Death Place:Paris
Father:François Perrier
Honorific Prefix:Général
Notable Students:Pierre Tardi
Education:École polytechnique

Général Georges-François Perrier (28 October 187216 February 1946) was a French geodesist and military general.[2] From 1922 to 1946, he served as secretary general of the International Association of Geodesy and from 1922 to 1945 as 1st editor-in-chief of the Bulletin Géodésique. He was a teacher to Pierre Tardi,[3] who succeeded Perrier in both these capacities in 1946.[4] Perrier wrote the preface to Tardi's 1934 Traité de Géodésie,[5] and the two were also editors of the Bibliographie Géodesique Internationale.[6] [7]

Born in Montpellier on 28 October 1872, he was christened Antoine François Jacques Justin Georges Perrier. Though his father, geodesist François Perrier died when Georges was only 16, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps, joining the École polytechnique in 1892. After graduating, in 1898, he joined the Service géographique de l'armée.[8] [9]

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 an 18th-century expedition.[10] The weather was notably an issue during this mission. Following the necessary parts of his work in South America, he remained in the region—he was there for five years total—where he gained a working knowledge of Spanish. Late in 1906, he returned to France and published his findings from the mission. He married soon after returning, and had eight children, of which two sons died before starting their careers.

He spent time serving on multiple boundary commissions until the outbreak of World War I. He had already been promoted to the rank of captain from his work in South America, so during the course of the war he was promoted to major and lieutenant colonel, as well as being honored with the rank of commander in the Legion d'Honneur. During the interwar period 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 president of the Société astronomique de France.[11]

When World War II broke out, all elected members within the International Association of Geodesy remained in their positions until elections could resume after the war.[12] 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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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gougenheim, A. . Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography . Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography . 2008 . Charles Scribner's Sons . 10 . 523–524 . en . Perrier, Georges . . https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/perrier-georges . vanc . Encyclopedia.com.
  2. Book: Dehalu, M. . Biographie Coloniale Belge . 1958 . . V . 675–690 . PERRIER (Georges-François) . August 1946–February 1956 . https://www.kaowarsom.be/en/notices_perrier_georges_francois . vanc.
  3. Web site: Past Officers (Presidents and General Secretaries) of the IAG . 18 February 2024 . International Association of Geodesy.
  4. Book: Drewes . H. . The Geodesist's Handbook 2020 . Adám . J. . Poutanen . M. . November 2020 . Poutanen . Markku . 7–15 . Historical Overview . Journal of Geodesy . 94 . 11=--> . 10.1007/s00190-020-01434-z . Rózsa . Szabolcs . https://iag-aig.org/doc/GH2020/101_Historical_Overview.pdf . vanc.
  5. Hunter . J. de Graaff . James de Graaff-Hunter . vanc . 1934 . A New Treatise on Geodesy: Review . . 84 . 2 . 158–160 . 10.2307/1786900 . 1786900.
  6. 19 February 1937 . Books Received . . en . 85 . 2199 . 206 . 10.1126/science.85.2199.206.c . 239842770-->.
  7. 19 April 1940 . Books Received . . en . 91 . 2364 . 390 . 10.1126/science.91.2364.390.b . 239837249-->.
  8. Lambert . W. D. . Walter Davis Lambert . vanc . June 1947 . A notable figure in geodesy . . en . 28 . 3 . 366 . 10.1029/TR028i003p00366.
  9. . 8 June 1946 . General Georges Perrier . . en . 157 . 3997 . 759 . 10.1038/157759a0.
  10. Capello . Ernesto . vanc . 2019 . Hitos sobre hitos. Línea ecuatorial, monumentos geodésicos y el Museo Inti-Ñan . Landmarks upon landmarks: The equator, geodesic monuments, and the Museo Inti-Ñan . Apuntes . es . 46 . 85 . 115–144 . 10.21678/apuntes.85.1047 . 0252-1865 . 2223-1757.
  11. November 1937 . Les Presidentes du Premier Demi-Siecle de la Societe Astronomique de France . . 51 . XI . 1937LAstr..51D..11..
  12. Lambert . Walter D. . Walter Davis Lambert . vanc . July–August 1941 . [<!--Comment to block Citation Bot from adding incorrect URL--> The international association of geodesy ]. . en . 22 . 2 . 323–324 . 10.1029/TR022i002p00323.

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