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Edmund
F. Dickins,
an
officer of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey since
1869,  died
at San Francisco, California March 2, 1923, in the 77th year
of his age. Mr. Dickins was appointed to a temporary position
in the survey January 16, 1869, was made an aid in the service
September 1, 1871, and a subassistant September 6, 1877. He
was afterwards made an assistant, which designation was later
changed to hydrographic and geodetic engineer, with relative
rank of Lieutenant in the Navy.
He was retired from active duty June 12, 1920. During his
long service of 51 years in the Coast and Geodetic Survey,
Mr. Dickins had experience in nearly every branch of the work
in all parts of the United States and held many important
assignments. He was in command of the surveying steamers GEDNEY
and McARTHUR at different times between 1903 and 1907, and
in charge of the field station of the survey at San Francisco
at intervals between 1904 and 1906. He was detailed to duty
as director of coast surveys in the Philippine Islands from
1908 to 1911. Personally he was a man of courteous manners
and genial disposition, and he had many warm friends among
his associates in the survey.
C&GS Bulletin, 2/1923
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