George Passman Tate


George Passman Tate, FRGS, was an Anglo-Indian surveyor and authority on the history of Afghanistan.

Career as Surveyor

Tate was employed as Assistant Superintendent of the Surveyor General of India and was deployed to conduct critical surveys in Afghanistan such as
Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission and Seistan Arbitration Mission.
Tate also conducted surveys in Hong Kong in 1899 to 1900 and believed to be the namesake of Tate's Cairn.

Personal

Beyond his year of birth and his surveyor career little is known about Tate and his later years. He was a member of The Asiatic Society and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Selected publications