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At the age of 17, he studied land surveying and geometry under the parochial teacher Hugh Rodger, a man regarded as a great land surveyor and geometrician.
BBC: Robert Burns honoured for work as land surveyor
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His great-grandson, Hugh Owen Thomas, earned himself the epithet of The Father of Modern Orthopaedics, after inventing a collar to treat osteo-tuberculosis, a wrench for reducing dislocations, and a splint, which greatly reduced deaths from fractures among late 19th Century Liverpool dockers.
BBC: DNA unravels clues to shipwrecked Anglesey bone setter
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Hugh Raymond, the Jersey Sports Council chairman, said he thinks the three-month consultation is a great opportunity for everybody to talk about sport.
BBC: Future of Jersey sport debated
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Sir Hugh Orde, President of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said Sir Norman's retirement would be a "great loss to policing".
BBC: Hillsborough: Police chief Sir Norman Bettison to retire