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Royal Geographical Society

DYDE, Brian S (1935-)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0402 BSD

Held at: Royal Geographical Society

Title: DYDE, Brian S (1935-)

Date(s): 1959-1973

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 2 boxes

Name of creator(s): Dyde | Brian S | b 1935 | hydrographic surveyor and author

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1935; hydrographic surveyor in the Royal Navy; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, 1978-1984; after retiring from the Navy he wrote a number of books about the Caribbean.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Brian S Dyde relating to the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty and to the hydrographic survey work of the Royal Navy, including surveyor's workbooks, 1959-1973, including astronomical observations for the position of a geodetic station on the Island of Arorae, Jun 1962; and papers relating to the history of the Hydrographic Department.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist and subject to completion of 'application for copies' form. No reproduction or publication without permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

Finding aids:

Hand list and card index.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Prepared by an archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: ISAD(G) ed.2, name authority NRA.

Date(s) of descriptions: 17 January 2002; Nov 2008.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Geodesy | Geophysics
History of science | Science of science
Hydrological data | Hydrological research | Hydrology
Hydrological measurement | Hydrology

Personal names
Dyde | Brian S | b 1935 | hydrographic surveyor and author

Corporate names
Admiralty | Hydrographic Office
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy

Places
Arorae (island) | Gilbert Group | Kiribati | Oceania