| 词条 | Edmund George Irving |
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Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund George Irving, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE|CB|FRGS|sep=,|size=100}} (5 April 1910 – 1 October 1990) was a naval hydrographer. Early lifeIrving was born in Sandakan, British North Borneo to the resident magistrate George Clerk Irving and his wife Ethel Mary Frances Poole. EducationIrving attended St Anthony's preparatory school, Eastbourne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He then went to sea as a cadet in {{HMS|Royal Oak|08|6}} in 1927.[1] CareerIn 1931 Irving joined the Royal Naval Surveying Service. In 1944, when in command of {{HMS|Franklin|J84|6}}, Irving resurveyed a number of the ports and harbours in north-west Europe as they fell into allied hands. After his ship berthed in Terneuzen his surveys of the Schelde enabled allied shipping to carry military supplies to Antwerp. In 1948 Irving carried out sea trials of the newly developed two-range Decca system for fixing the position of surveying ships when out of sight of land in {{HMS|Sharpshooter|J68|6}}. In 1960, as a rear admiral, he was appointed Hydrographer of the Navy. In this position he convinced the Admiralty that purpose-built survey vessels would be cheaper than converted naval vessels, the first being launched as {{HMS|Hecla|A133|6}} in 1964. He retired in 1966, subsequently working for the Decca company. HonoursIrving was president of the Institute of Navigation from 1967 to 1969. He was president of the Royal Geographical Society (1969–71) and received their Patron's Medal in 1976. Mount Irving in the South Shetland Islands was named in his honour. References1. ^{{ cite web|author=G. S. Ritchie|title=Irving, Sir Edmund George (1910–1990)| work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40141| accessdate=1 August 2009}} {{RGSPresidents}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Irving, Edmund George}}{{UK-mil-bio-stub}} 9 : 1910 births|1990 deaths|Companions of the Order of the Bath|English hydrographers|Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society|Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire|People from Meopham|Royal Navy admirals|Royal Navy officers of World War II |
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