Thomas Frederick Colby

(1784-1852)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Colby, Thomas, 1784-1852 NRA: Colby, Thomas Frederick (1784-1852) Major General Director of Ordnance Survey DNB: Colby, Thomas Frederick (1784-1852), surveyor and army officer LBT ID: ThColby1852 VIAF ID: 35240571 LOC ID: n90659161	B/BAP: 1784-09-01 DIED: 1852-10-09
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Educated at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he was an army officer and surveyor, conducting the survey of Scotland, 1813-21.
REFERENCES TO Thomas Frederick Colby: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 15: Learned Societies Found 2: ¶ 5 ¶ 7