biography
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Jones, E(rnest) Lester
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| male
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| lived:
| (1876–1929)
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| biography:
| Geodesist, born in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. After working in various businesses, he joined the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, where he introduced aerial photography to mapmaking. He served as a lieutenant colonel in World War 1 (1917–19), and founded the American Legion (1919). In 1921 he surveyed the Alaska-Canada boundary for the International Boundary Commission. |
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