Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall (1773-1860)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3499. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Soldier and astronomer, born in Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland. After a distinguished army career, he became Governor of New South Wales (1821), initiating largely unsuccessful experiments to introduce tobacco, coffee, cotton and flax to Australia. He had built only the second observatory in Scotland at the family home of Brisbane House in 1808, and built an observatory at Parramatta in New Sout...

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