Otto Hilgard Tittmann | |
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Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
In office December 1, 1900 – April 24, 1914 | |
Preceded by | Henry Smith Pritchett |
Succeeded by | Ernest Lester Jones |
Personal details | |
Born | Belleville, Illinois | August 20, 1850
Died | February 14, 1938 Leesburg, Virginia | (aged 87)
Parent(s) | Edward Tittmann, Rosa Hilgard |
Occupation | Geodesist |
Known for | Co-founder of the National Geographic Society |
Otto Hilgard Tittmann (August 20, 1850 – August 21,[1] 1938) was an American geodesist, geographer, and astronomer of German descent.