Thomas Drummond
Civil engineer, Deceased Person
1797 – 1840
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Who was Thomas Drummond?
Captain Thomas Drummond, from Edinburgh, Scotland, was an army officer, civil engineer and senior public official. Drummond used the Drummond light which was employed in the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland. He is sometimes mistakenly given credit for the invention of limelight, at the expense of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney. However, it was Drummond who realised their value in surveying.
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- Born
- Oct 10, 1797
Edinburgh - Also known as
- Друммонд, Томас
- Spouses
- Nationality
- England
- Scotland
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
- Lived in
- Edinburgh
- Died
- Apr 15, 1840
Dublin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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