Alexander Dalrymple
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 216 years ago |
Date of birth | July 24,1737 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | New Halles |
Edinburgh | |
Date of died | June 19,1808 |
Died | London |
United Kingdom | |
Parents | Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet |
Grandparents | Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet |
Great-grandparent | James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair |
Job | Hydrographer |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
Great grandparent | James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair |
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ID | 1419179 |
Alexander Dalrymple Life story
Alexander Dalrymple FRS was a Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the theory that there existed a vast undiscovered continent in the South Pacific, Terra Australis Incognita.