Sir Thomas Brisbane

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astronomer colonial governor human soldier

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 Brisbane canonical 1
Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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Brisbane → namedAfter → Sir Thomas Brisbane ⓘ
Sir Thomas Brisbane → name → Sir Thomas Brisbane self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane