Edouard Gaston Deville
Édouard Gaston Daniel Deville (born February 21, 1849 in La Charité , France , † September 21, 1924 in Ottawa ) was a French-Canadian explorer .
Deville served in the French Navy . There he carried out hydrographic studies on South Sea islands and Peru until 1874 .
From 1875 to 1924 Deville explored Canada and was the first to perfect the method of photogrammetry . He developed a system for creating maps by recording intersections of photographs taken from tripods. In honor of this achievement, the Deville Glacier in Antarctica has been named after him since 1960 .
literature
- Edouard Gaston Deville . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deville, Édouard Gaston |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Deville, Édouard Gaston Daniel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French-Canadian explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Charité , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 21, 1924 |
| Place of death | Ottawa |