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Sir Sidney Gerald Burrard
Bt KCSI FRS
Surveyor General of India
In office
1911–1919
Preceded byFrancis Becon Longe
Succeeded byCharles Henry Dudley Ryder
Personal details
Born
Sidney Gerald Burrard

(1860-08-12)12 August 1860
Isle of Wight, England
Died16 March 1943(1943-03-16) (aged 82)
Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Spouse(s)
Gertrude Ellen Haig
(m. 1887; died 1928)

Alice Simons
(m. 1935; died 1938)
ChildrenTwo
EducationUppingham School
ProfessionEngineer, army officer

Sir Sidney Gerald Burrard, 7th Baronet, KCSI, FRS (12 August 1860 – 16 March 1943) was a British army officer who served as Surveyor General of India and played a major role in the Great Trigonometrical Survey's work in the Himalayas and identified the source of errors resulting from the displacement of the plumbline by the mountains.

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