Alexander Dalrymple ( 1737 - 1808 )

Birth: New Hailes, near Edinburgh, Scotland (24 July 1737) Death: 19 June 1808 Profession: Hydrographer Career: Writer in the HEIC (from age 15); Hydrographer, HEIC (1779); Hydrographer to the Admiralty (1795); dismissed (1808) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 14/02/1771.