Edward Ayearst Reeves
British geographer (1862–1945) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Ayearst Reeves (9 February 1862 – 17 October 1945) was a British geographer, astronomer, and cartographer. He was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society beginning in 1896,[2] a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society from 1900,[3] and won the 1922 Cullum Geographical Medal and 1928 Victoria Medal.[2]
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Born | (1862-02-09)9 February 1862[1] Lewes, England |
Died | 17 October 1945(1945-10-17) (aged 83)[1] Reigate, England |
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Grace Eden Harley (m. 1888) |
Children | 2, including Alec |
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Institutions | Royal Geographical Society |
Born on 9 February 1862 in Lewes, Reeves became a junior assistant in the Royal Geographical Society's map room of the at age 16, becoming a map curator in 1900. Beginning in 1901, he worked as an instructor of both astronomy and surveying; in 1904, he was promoted to superintendent of the map drawing department. He retired in 1933.[2]
Reeves was an author of multiple written works, notably including editing multiple editions of Hints to Travellers,[4][5] as well as authoring Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical (1904),[6] Maps and Map-making (1910),[7][8] and The Recollections of a Geographer (1935).[9][10]
Reeves married Grace Eden Harley in 1888. He died in his Reigate home on 17 October 1945,[2] leaving his widow, a son (Alec Reeves), and a daughter (Dorothy).[11]