Jasper S. Bilby
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Jasper S. Bilby
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Jasper Sherman Bilby was a surveyor and geodesist who worked for the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1884 to 1937, as the agency's chief signalman from 1930 to 1937. He is best known for the Bilby tower, which he developed in 1926. Bilby was born on July 16, 1864, in Rush County, Indiana near Rushville. He was born to Margaret E. (Hazard) Bilby and Jasper N. Bilby, who committed suicide in jail in 1877 after being arrested for sexual assault. This forced Bilby to drop out of school and work
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American surveyor (1864–1949)
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2024-02-04T12:57:47Z
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