George Passman Tate
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George Passman Tate, FRGS, (1856-?) was an Anglo-Indian surveyor and authority on the history of Afghanistan.[1]
Career as Surveyor[]
Tate was employed as Assistant Superintendent of the Surveyor General of India and was deployed to conduct critical surveys in Afghanistan such as Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission (1895‒96) and Seistan Arbitration Mission (1903‒5).[2]
Tate (along with ) also conducted surveys in Hong Kong in 1899 to 1900 and believed to be the namesake of Tate's Cairn (the hill was renamed sometime after Tate's time in Hong Kong).[3]
Personal[]
Beyond his year of birth and his surveyor career little is known about Tate and his later years. He was a member of The Asiatic Society and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[2]
Selected publications[]
- The frontiers of Baluchistan: Travels on the borders of Persia and Afghanistan. Witherby & Co., London, 1909.
- Seistan: A memoir on the history, topography, ruins, and people of the country, in four parts. Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, 1910-1912.
- The Kingdom of Afghanistan: A historical sketch. Printed by Bennett Coleman & Co., Published at the Times of India offices, Bombay & Calcutta, 1911.
- Kalat: A memoir on the country and family of the Ahmadzai Khans of Kalat &c. Calcutta, 1896.
References[]
- ^ Berberian, Manuel (2014). Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau. Kidlington: Elsevier Science. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-444-63297-5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Frontiers of Baluchistan". www.wdl.org. September 12, 1909.
- ^ "Explanatory Notes on Demarcation District Sheets (DD Sheets) | Land Surveyor WordPress".
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