Guy Bomford

Brigadier Guy Bomford (1899-1996) was a British geodesist.[1] He worked at the Survey of India and the Corps of Royal Engineers. In 1947 he was appointed as reader in surveying and geodesy at the University of Oxford, holding this post until his retirement in 1966. In 1952 he published a book titled Geodesy which became widely circulated.[2][3][4] From 1963 to 1967 he served as president of the International Association of Geodesy.[5]

References
  1. Robbins, A. (1996). "Obituary: Guy Bomford MA DSc OBE". Survey Review. Informa UK Limited. 33 (262): 563–564. doi:10.1179/sre.1996.33.262.563. ISSN 0039-6265.
  2. Harrison, J. C. (1963-04-12). "Geodesy. Guy Bomford. Oxford University Press, New York, ed. 2, 1962. xvi + 561 pp. Illus. $14.40". Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 140 (3563): 167–168. doi:10.1126/science.140.3563.167-a. ISSN 0036-8075.
  3. "Book Reviews". Geophysical Journal International. Oxford University Press (OUP). 7 (3): 391. 1963. Bibcode:1963GeoJ....7..391.. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246x.1963.tb05559.x. ISSN 0956-540X.
  4. "G. Bomford—Geodesy". Bulletin géodésique (in French). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 68 (1): 211–213. 1963. Bibcode:1963BGeod..37..211.. doi:10.1007/bf02526154. ISSN 0007-4632. S2CID 186215877.
  5. Drewes, Hermann; Kuglitsch, Franz; Adám, József; Rózsa, Szabolcs (2016-09-30). "The Geodesist's Handbook 2016". Journal of Geodesy. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 90 (10): 907–1205. Bibcode:2016JGeod..90..907D. doi:10.1007/s00190-016-0948-z. ISSN 0949-7714. S2CID 125925505.

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