Edward Ayearst Reeves
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, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society from 1900, and won the 1922 Cullum Geographical Medal and 1928 Victoria Medal. Edward Ayearst Reeves was 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.
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Edward Ayearst Reeves
- Name
- Edward Ayearst Reeves
- Born
- 9 February 1862
- Birthplace
- Lewes, England
- Died
- 17 October 1945
- Place of death
- Reigate, England
- Awards
- * Cullum Geographical Medal (1922)
- Occupation
- cartographer · astronomer · instructional staff
- Honours
- Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society · Victoria Medal · Cullum Geographical Medal · Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
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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, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society from 1900, and won the 1922 Cullum Geographical Medal and 1928 Victoria Medal. Edward Ayearst Reeves was 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.
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Edward Ayearst Reeves (1862–1945) was an astronomer, cartographer and instructional staff. The astronomer was born in Lewes and died in Reigate.
Works are held at Adler Planetarium. Honours include Cullum Geographical Medal, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, among others.
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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. Reeves was an author of multiple written works, notably including editing multiple editions of Hints to Travellers, as well as authoring Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical (1904), Maps and Map-making (1910), and The Recollections of a Geographer (1935). Reeves married Grace Eden Harley in 1888. He died in his Reigate home on 17 October 1945, leaving his widow, a son (Alec Reeves), and a daughter (Dorothy).
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• Name — Edward Ayearst Reeves • Born — 9 February 1862 • Birthplace — Lewes, England • Died — 17 October 1945 • Place of death — Reigate, England • Monuments — * Mount Reeves • Reeves Bluffs • Reeves Plateau • Children — 2, including Alec • Awards — * Cullum Geographical Medal (1922) • Victoria Medal (1928) • Honours — * Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (1896) • Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (1900) • Workplaces — Royal Geographical Society
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Edward Ayearst Reeves is recorded as having received Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Victoria Medal and Cullum Geographical Medal.
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1862
Edward Ayearst Reeves born at Lewes.
1945
Edward Ayearst Reeves died at Reigate.
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Edward Ayearst Reeves received Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Victoria Medal, Cullum Geographical Medal and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
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- 1.Edward Ayearst Reeves. Royal Astronomical Society. 9 February 1862.
- 2.REEVES, Edward Ayearst (1862-1945). AIM25.
- 3.Edward Ayearst Reeves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 106. 1. 32–33. 1946-02-01. 10.1093/mnras/106.1.32b.
- 4.Hints to Travellers, Scientific and General. Nature. 75. 1934. 77. 22 November 1906. 10.1038/075077a0.
- 5.A. R. H. Hints to Travellers: Review. The Geographical Journal. 86. 4. 358–360. October 1935. 10.2307/1786227.
- 6.Reeves, E. A. Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical. Royal Geographical Society. 1904. 670411176.
- 7.Reeves, E. A. Maps and Map-making. Royal Geographical Society. 1910. 1157174239.
- 8.E. H. H. Maps and Map-making. Nature. 86. 2171. 478–479. 8 June 1911. 10.1038/086478b0.
- 9.Reeves, E. A. The Recollections of a Geographer. Seeley, Service. 1935. 569280192.
- 10.The Recollections of a Geographer. Nature. 136. 3434. 282. 24 August 1935. 10.1038/136282c0.
- 11.Robertson, David. Reeves, Alec Harley (1902–1971), engineer and inventor. 6 January 2011. 10.1093/ref:odnb/45670.
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