James Macdonald (British Army officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Macdonald (British Army officer)

Scottish engineer, explorer and cartographer

Date of Birth: 08-Feb-1862

Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1927

Profession: engineer, geographer, cartographer, explorer, civil engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald (8 February 1862 – 27 June 1927) was a Scottish engineer, explorer and cartographer.
He served as a British Army engineer, rose to the rank of Brigadier-General and was knighted.
A balloon observer as a young man, he surveyed for railways in India and East Africa, explored the upper Nile region, commanded balloon sections during wars in South Africa and China and led a major expedition into Tibet in 1903–1904.