Brigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE
British Army Brigadier, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Companion of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Head of Trigonometrical and Levelling Division, Ordnance Survey (1934-1939), Designer of the Ordnance Survey Trigonometrical Pillar (1935), and 1st Director General, Directorate of Overseas Surveys (1946-1963)
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Wikidata WikipediaBrigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE (17 June 1898 – 12 November 1968) was the head of the Trigonometrical and Levelling Division of the Ordnance Survey responsible for the 26-year-long retriangulation of Great Britain (1936–1962) and was the first Director General of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (1946–1955). He served on the North-West Frontier during the First World War and later in the Persian and Mesopotamian campaigns. He has been described as "decisive, ingenious and tough".
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Brigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE RE 17 June 1898-12 November 1968 Head of Trigonometrical and Levelling Division, Ordnance Survey, 1934-1939, Designer of the Ordnance Survey Trigonometrical Pillar, 1935, Founding Director, Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 11 March 1946-10 October 1963
Ordnance Survey, Adanac Place, Southampton, United Kingdom where they worked near