ASTRONOMER

Thomas Brisbane

1773 - 1860

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Major General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, (23 July 1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, administrator, and astronomer. Upon the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he had served, he was appointed governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. A keen astronomer, he built the colony's second observatory and encouraged scientific and agricultural training. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Brisbane has received more than 228,849 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Thomas Brisbane is the 550th most popular astronomer (down from 511th in 2019), the 5,062nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,761st in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Thomas Brisbane ranks 550 out of 644Before him are György Kulin, Helen Sawyer Hogg, Miguel Itzigsohn, Vera Gaze, Anne Sewell Young, and Ewine van Dishoeck. After him are Avi Loeb, David Rittenhouse, Pavel Shternberg, Scott S. Sheppard, Thomas Romney Robinson, and Richard A. Proctor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Thomas Brisbane ranks 52Before him are Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, Joseph Woelfl, José Rondeau, Mihály Pollack, Cassandra Austen, and Princess Sophia of Gloucester. After him is Nathaniel Bowditch. Among people deceased in 1860, Thomas Brisbane ranks 65Before him are Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Juan Rafael Mora Porras, James Wilson, Casimiro de Abreu, Carl Edvard Rotwitt, and John Nelson. After him are Rembrandt Peale, and Samuel D. Ingham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Brisbane ranks 5,062 out of 8,785Before him are Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst (1762), Pat Crerand (1939), Stuart Pearce (1962), William Adam (1689), John Connelly (1938), and John Garstang (1876). After him are Richard Tandy (1948), Albert Oldman (1883), George Butterworth (1885), Darren Shan (1972), Dannie Abse (1923), and Sybil Thorndike (1882).

Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Brisbane ranks 65Before him are David C. Jewitt (1958), James Challis (1803), William Christie (1845), John Pond (1767), Robert H. McNaught (1956), and Andrew Ainslie Common (1841). After him are Richard A. Proctor (1837), James Ferguson (1710), Madge Adam (1912), Arnold Wolfendale (1927), Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), and James Gall (1808).