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Martin Hotine | |
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| Born | 17 June 1898[1] Wandsworth, London[2] |
| Died | 12 November 1968 (aged 70)[1] Surrey, England |
| Resting place | Municipal Cemetery, Weybridge, Surrey, England 51°21′59″N 0°27′56″W? / ?51.366442°N 0.465578°W |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Southend Technical School[2] Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Magdalene College, Cambridge[2] |
| Known for | Founder and first Director General of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys |
| Spouse | Kate Amelia Hotine (1895–1987) |
Brigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE (17 June 1898 – 12 November 1968)[3] was the head of the Trigonometrical and Levelling Division of the Ordnance Survey responsible for the 26-year-long retriangulation of Great Britain[4] (1936–1962) and was the first Director General of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (1946–1955).[5]
He was commissioned as a Royal Engineers officer in 1917[6] and 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".[4]
Cartography
[edit]Hotine was responsible for the design of the triangulation pillars constructed during the Geodetic resurvey of Britain.[4] 6,173 of these were built.[4] They provided a solid base for the theodolites used by the survey teams during the survey, thereby improving the accuracy of the readings obtained.[4] They are sometimes referred to as "Hotine Pillars".
In the 1940s, Hotine developed a map projection for the Malay Peninsula and Borneo that is known as the Hotine oblique Mercator projection.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Hotine was married to Kate Amelia Hotine (née Pearson)(1895–1987) whose nickname to family and friends was 'Ajax'.[3]
Honours
[edit]Martin Hotine was awarded the CBE in 1945, and the CMG in 1949.
- In 1947 he became an officer of the United States Legion of Merit.
- 1947 Royal Geographical Society Founder's Medal "For research work in Air Survey ... and for his cartographic work."[8]
- 1955 Photogrammetric Society's first President's Medal[5]
- 1964 The Institution of Royal Engineers' Gold Medal[5]
- In 1968 he was awarded the United States Department of Commerce Gold Medal.
Publications
[edit]- Hotine, Martin (1931), Surveying from air photographs, Professional Papers of the Air Survey Committee – No. 3, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, p. 71
- Hotine, Martin (1931), The Fourcade Stereogoniometer, Professional Papers of the Air Survey Committee – No. 7, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, OCLC 184739773
- Hotine, Martin, Mathematical geodesy
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Edge, R C A (March 1969). "Martin Hotine". Bulletin Géodésique. 91 (1). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg: 8–12. Bibcode:1969BGeod..43....8E. doi:10.1007/bf02524840. ISSN 0007-4632. S2CID 186233628.
- ^ a b c Humphries, G J (March 1969). "Martin Hotine obituary". The Geographical Journal. 135 (1). Royal Geographical Society: 156–157. JSTOR 1795667.
- ^ a b "Martin Hotine grave monument details". Gravestone photographic resource. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Crane, Nicholas (30 October 2004). "Britain: Master of all he surveys". The Daily Telegraph. London, England. Archived from the original on 27 June 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ a b c Macdonald, Alastair (1996). Mapping The World (1st ed.). Norwich, England: HMSO. pp. ii. ISBN 0-11-701590-3.
- ^ "No. 30119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1917. p. 5633.
- ^ "The Malaysian CRS Monster :: Mike Meredith". mmeredith.net. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ "List of Past Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- 1898 births
- 1968 deaths
- Royal Engineers officers
- British Army personnel of World War II
- British Army personnel of World War I
- English surveyors
- People educated at Southend High School for Boys
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Foreign recipients of the Legion of Merit