* Astronomy

Major-General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet GCH, GCB, FRS, FRSE (23 July 1773 - 27 January 1860) was Governor of New South Wales (1821-25), as recommended by the Duke of Wellington, with whom he had seen military service.
Brisbane was born at Brisbane House in Noddsdale, near Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of Sir Thomas Brisbane and Dame Eleanora Brisbane. He was educated in astronomy and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. 
He built Australia's first observatory and encouraged scientific and agricultural training. A new convict settlement was named after him, and became today's city of Brisbane.
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