Martin Hotine
1898 births1968 deathsBritish Army personnel of World War IBritish Army personnel of World War IICommanders of the Order of the British Empire ... and 5 more
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeEnglish surveyorsEngvarB from September 2014People educated at Southend High School for BoysRoyal Engineers officers
Brigadier Martin Hotine CMG CBE (17 June 1898 – 12 November 1968) was the head of the Trigonometrical and Levelling Division of the Ordnance Survey responsible for the 26-year-long retriangulation of Great Britain (1936–1962) and was the first Director General of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys (1946–1955).He served on the North-West Frontier during the First World War and later in the Persian and Mesopotamian campaigns. He has been described as "decisive, ingenious and tough".
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