Miles Rock | |
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| Born | October 10, 1840 Ephrata, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 29, 1901 (aged 60) |
| Resting place | Guatemala City General Cemetery, Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Alma mater | Lehigh University Franklin & Marshall College |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology |
Miles Rock (October 10, 1840 – January 29, 1901) was an American civil engineer, geologist and astronomer. He was part of the first graduating class of Lehigh University in 1869. He assisted Benjamin Apthorp Gould in the creation of the Observatorio Astronómico de Córdoba in Argentina between 1870 and 1873. He worked on the Wheeler Survey which mapped parts of the western United States from 1878 to 1879 and as Chief of the Guatemala Boundary Commission from 1883 to 1898 which defined the disputed Guatemala-Mexico border.