Macdonald, James Ronald Leslie, Sir, 1862-1927
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Name (Latin)
Macdonald, James Ronald Leslie, Sir, 1862-1927
Other forms of name
Macdonald, J. R. L. (James Ronald Leslie), 1862-1927
Date of birth
1862-02-08
Date of death
1927-06-27
Associated country
Africa, East
Great Britain
India
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)
Field of activity
Ballooning
Cartography
Engineering
Occupation
Armed Forces--Officers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Allen, C. Duel in the snows, 2004 :p.34 etc. (James Ronald Leslie Macdonald ... Brigadier-General James Macdonald)
- LCCN 17008488 :(Notes on the military value of roads, 1915)
- Soldiering and surveying in British East Africa, c2005:t.p. (James Ronald Leslie Macdonald) reprint t.p. (Major J.R.L. MacDonald, R.E.)
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James Ronald Leslie Macdonald c1898
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Wikipedia description:
Major General Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald, (8 February 1862 – 27 June 1927) was a British engineer, explorer, military officer and cartographer. Born in the Madras Presidency, he was a balloon observer as a young man, surveyed for railways in British India and East Africa, explored the upper Nile region, commanded balloon sections during the Second Boer War and Boxer Rebellion and led the British expedition to Tibet in 1903–1904.
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