Edward Chester Barnard

{{Short description|American topographer}}

Edward Chester Barnard (November 13, 1863[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/58/mode/2up Barnard, Edward Chester] in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition), p. 58; via archive.org–1921) was an American topographer. Born in New York City, he was a graduate of Columbia University (1884). He was the chief topographer of the United States and Canada boundary survey (1903–1915); U.S. Boundary Commissioner (1915–1921); and topographer with the United States Geological Survey (1884–1907). Mount Barnard in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve was posthumously named in his honor by the International Boundary Commission.{{cite book|title=Geological Survey Professional Paper|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_a-gqAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=30 March 2013|year=1967|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_a-gqAQAAIAAJ/page/n118 106]–}}{{cite gnis |id=1420236 |name=Mount Barnard |accessdate=2018-05-16}}