Sir Thomas Brisbane

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Sir Thomas Brisbane was a 19th-century Scottish soldier, colonial governor of New South Wales, and noted astronomer after whom the Australian city of Brisbane is named.

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Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane 0 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomer
colonial governor
human
soldier
appointedBy UK government
surface form: British government
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED
birthDate 1773-07-23
birthPlace Largs
surface form: Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland
burialPlace Largs
surface form: Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland
contributedTo mapping of the southern skies
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
deathDate 1860-01-27
deathPlace Largs
surface form: Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland
educatedAt Largs Parish School
University of Edinburgh
endTime 1825
familyName Brisbane
fieldOfWork astronomy
colonial administration
founded Brisbane Observatory (Parramatta Observatory)
givenName Thomas
hasPlaceNamedAfter Brisbane River NERFINISHED
Brisbane suburb of New Farm (Brisbane Street names)
Brisbane
surface form: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
honorificPrefix Sir
influenced development of astronomy in Australia
knownFor being namesake of the city of Brisbane, Australia
memberOf Royal Society
Royal Society of Edinburgh
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Major General
name Sir Thomas Brisbane self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
nobleTitle Baronet
notableWork establishment of an astronomical observatory in New South Wales
occupation astronomer
colonial administrator
soldier
positionHeld Governor of New South Wales NERFINISHED
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence New South Wales
Scotland
servedIn Napoleonic Wars
spouse Anna Maria Hay
startTime 1821
title 6th Baronet of that Ilk

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Sir Thomas Brisbane name Sir Thomas Brisbane self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane
Brisbane namedAfter Sir Thomas Brisbane