Thomas Maclear
1794 - 1879
- Born
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17 March 1794
Newtownstewart, County Tyrone [now in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom]
- Died
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14 July 1879
Mowbray, near Cape Town, South Africa, Africa
- Nationality
- Irish; British; South African
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 08/12/1831
- Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 37
- Fields of Interest
- Astronomy
- Occupation
- Physician; Astronomer
- Relationships
- Eldest son of Rev James Thomas Maclear; married (1825) Mary Pearse of Bedford
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Unpublished observations, 'Copy of a meteorological journal kept at the Royal Observatory Cape of Good Hope from the 1st June to 31st December 1834' by T [Thomas] Maclear
Creator: Thomas Maclear Reference number: AP/20/11 -
Partial letter, from Thomas Maclear to Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Creator: Thomas Maclear Reference number: HS/19/247 -
Plan of the Observatory, Cape Town, by Thomas Maclear
Creator: Thomas Maclear Reference number: HS/19/248 -
Paper, 'An account of the fall of a meteoric stone, in the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope' by Thos [Thomas] Maclear in a letter to Sir John F W [Frederick William] Herschel
Creator: Thomas Maclear Reference number: PT/22/7 -
Paper, 'Further particulars of the fall of the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite' by Thomas Maclear in a letter to Sir John [Frederick William] Herschel
Creator: Thomas Maclear Reference number: PT/23/3
Recipient of
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Maclear, dated at [Feldhausen]
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/12/95 -
Copy letter, from [Frederick Marow] Eardley-Wilmot to [Thomas] Maclear, dated at Cape
Creator: Frederick Marow Eardley-Wilmot, Frederick Marow Eardley-Wilmot Reference number: HS/12/125 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Maclear
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/12/178 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Maclear
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/12/178a -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Maclear
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/12/179 -
Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Maclear, dated at Royal Observatory
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/12/212
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Margaret Herschel
5 letters -
Robert Moffat
1 letter