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Ferdinand Rudolph Hasslcr (1770 - 1843) 



A Swiss geologist of outstanding reputation, he was appointed in 

 1807 by President Thomas Jefferson as the first Superintendent 

 of the Coast Survey (later the Coast and Geodetic Survey and 

 now the National Ocean Survey). 



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