Charlie Douglas

Charlie Douglas
Douglas, c. 1890
Born
Charles Edward Douglas

(1840-07-01)1 July 1840
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died23 May 1916(1916-05-23) (aged 75)
Hokitika, New Zealand
Occupation(s)Explorer, surveyor
RelativesWilliam Fettes Douglas (brother)

Charles Edward Douglas (1 July 1840 – 23 May 1916) was a New Zealand surveyor and explorer, who came to be known as Mr. Explorer Douglas, owing to his extensive explorations of the West Coast of New Zealand and his work for the New Zealand Survey Department. He was awarded the Royal Geographical Society Gill Memorial Prize in 1897.