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Alexander Dallas Bache
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b. 1806 – d. 17 Feb 1867
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60 yrs
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R32 S194
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- Great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin.
- 1st in his class at West Point (1825).
- A brilliant scientist honored by many scientific societies around the world.
- Head of Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.
- 2nd Head of U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey.
- A Regent of the Smithsonian Institution.
- Founder the National Academy of Sciences.
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George Bache
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d. 8 Sep 1846
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R32 S191
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- US Coast & Geodetic Survey.
- This is a cenotaph. He and 10 others were lost overboard in a hurricane off Cape Hatteras in Sept. 1846. Their names are listed on the side of the monument.
- Brother of Alexander Dallas Bache.
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Wm. Compton Bolton
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d. 22 Feb 1849
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R39 S190
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- Comm. Bolton died in the Mediterranean Feb 2, 1849. His body was preserved and interred in HCC, Jul 27, 1850.
- His widow became the second wife of Adm. Charles Wilkes.
- How would he have been preserved in those years e.g. Adm. Ross was returned to England in a barrel of rum after being killed at Baltimore in 1814.
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