Editing Thomas Holdich
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On his retirement to half-pay in 1898, he thanked "that providence which had been good to me in that during that last year of my Indian career I had been able to put a round finish on the last of our frontier maps". He was placed on the Retired list with an Indian pension 13 February 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27167|page=1173| date=20 February 1900}}</ref> |
On his retirement to half-pay in 1898, he thanked "that providence which had been good to me in that during that last year of my Indian career I had been able to put a round finish on the last of our frontier maps". He was placed on the Retired list with an Indian pension 13 February 1900.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27167|page=1173| date=20 February 1900}}</ref> |
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In later years, he wrote and lectured extensively on geographical issues, and served as president of the Royal Geographical Society from |
In later years, he wrote and lectured extensively on geographical issues, and served as president of the Royal Geographical Society from 1917–19. He also served as President of the Geographical Association between 1917–18. He contributed a number of entries to the [[Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition|eleventh edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'']]. |
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<blockquote>Boundaries are the inevitable product of advancing civilisation; they are human inventions not necessarily supported by nature's dispositions, and as such they are only of solid value so long as they can be made strong enough and secure enough to prevent |
<blockquote>Boundaries are the inevitable product of advancing civilisation; they are human inventions not necessarily supported by nature's dispositions, and as such they are only of solid value so long as they can be made strong enough and secure enough to prevent |