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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall, Sir, bart, 1773-1860 NRA: Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall- (1773-1860), Baronet General astronomer colonial governor DNB: Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall, baronet (1773-1860), colonial governor and astronomer LBT ID: ThBrisb1860 VIAF ID: 94380103 | B/BAP: 1773-07-23 DIED: 1860-01-27 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File | |
Educated at Edinburgh, he served under Wellington in the Peninsular War and was governor
of New South Wales (1821-25); he was president of the Royal Astronomical Society
(1828). | |
