resting_place death_date death_place birth_place image_size nationality name parents birth_date known_for spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
tunbridge wells , england 28 september 1866 le havre , france london , england 150px british george featherstonhaugh george and dorothy simpson featherstonhaugh 9 april 1780 explorer and railway pioneer sarah georgianna d1826 , by charlotte : albany , georgiannia , duane and henry -lrb- 1808-11-06 -- 1826 -rrb- , and georgewilliamfeatherstonhaugh.jpg george william featherstonhaugh
 george william featherstonhaugh surveyor
george william featherstonhaugh

george william featherstonhaugh -lrb- -rrb- frs -lrb- london , 9 april 1780 -- le havre , 28 september 1866 -rrb- was a british-american geologist and geographer .
he was one of the proposers of the albany and schenectady railroad and was the first geologist to the us government .
he surveyed portions of the louisiana purchase for the us government .
