biography
| name: |
Whitten, Charles Arthur
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1909–94)
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| biography:
| Geodesist, born in Redfield, South Dakota, USA. A member of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey (1930–68) and its chief geodesist (1968–72), his computations and analysis of the Earth's crustal movements furthered the international prominence of US geodesy. |
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