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Thomas Brisbane

1773 - 1860

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Major-General Sir Thomas MacDougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, (23 July 1773 – 27 January 1860), was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and astronomer. He served in many important wars of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including front-line action during the Peninsular War. Upon the recommendation of the Duke of Wellington, with whom Brisbane had served, he was appointed as Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. In the colony, he implemented expansionist land policies that benefited wealthy colonists, while also augmenting the system of convict punishment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Brisbane is the 552nd most popular astronomer (down from 550th in 2019), the 4,716th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,062nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Thomas Brisbane ranks 552 out of 644. Before him are John N. Bahcall, Louise du Pierry, Adelaide Ames, Adriaan van Maanen, Roy A. Tucker, and Charles W. Juels. After him are Madge Adam, Irwin I. Shapiro, Seiji Ueda, Tomimaru Okuni, Takao Kobayashi, and Scott S. Sheppard.

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Among people born in 1773, Thomas Brisbane ranks 51. Before him are François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Mihály Pollack, José Rondeau, Joseph Woelfl, Mihály Csokonai, and Princess Sophia of Gloucester. After him are Cassandra Austen, and Nathaniel Bowditch. Among people deceased in 1860, Thomas Brisbane ranks 63. Before him are Juan Rafael Mora Porras, Carl Edvard Rotwitt, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, William Martin Leake, and Casimiro de Abreu. After him are James Wilson, John Nelson, Rembrandt Peale, and Samuel D. Ingham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Brisbane ranks 4,717 out of 8,785. Before him are Stan Mortensen (1921), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Joanna Pettet (1942), Curt Smith (1961), Humphrey Carpenter (1946), and Dru Drury (1725). After him are Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902), Christian Coulson (1978), Lancelot Hogben (1895), Madge Adam (1912), Anne McLaren (1927), and Thomas Clarkson (1760).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United Kingdom

Among astronomers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Brisbane ranks 65. Before him are Patrick Moore (1923), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), Robert H. McNaught (1956), William Henry Smyth (1788), William Christie (1845), and William Rutter Dawes (1799). After him are Madge Adam (1912), Richard A. Proctor (1837), Andrew Ainslie Common (1841), Arnold Wolfendale (1927), Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), and James Gall (1808).

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