Francis Rawdon Chesney
1789–1872
Officer in the Royal Artillery. Visited Turkey, 1829; surveyed the isthmus of Suez to assess the practicability of a canal, 1830; explored the valley of the Euphrates, 1831; and navigated the lower Euphrates and explored the Tigris, 1835–7. Stationed at Hong Kong, 1843–7. Major-general, 1855; general, 1868. Published accounts of his surveys.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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