伝記
In c1749 he became secretary to the mathematician Benjamin Robins who then became Captain-General of Artillery in the East India Company.
He travelled to a career in India as a military engineer in 1750. After the death of his employer Call became Engineer-in-Chief.
He was a member of the Governor's Council.
He later served as the Sheriff of Cornwall in 1771.
He served on a commission to study crown lands, woods and forests in 1782 by Lord Shelburne.
He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Callington in 1784.
He was created as a Baronet on 28/07/1790.
命名された地物
Call Canal (also known as Call Channel and Call Creek) (near Knight Inlet) (by Broughton 1792)
参考文献
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Meany, E.S. (1957)
