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COLBY, THOMAS FREDERICK #
- Born: 1784 Died: 1852
British military engineer, for whom see Oxford DNB and Min.Proc.Inst.CE 12 (1852-3), 132-137. Thomas Colby was in charge of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland between 1825 and 1846. His assistants included THOMAS DRUMMOND , THOMAS LARCOM and JOSEPH ELLISON PORTLOCK.
See BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Author | Title | Date | Details |
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Andrews, J.h. | A Paper Landscape: the Ordnance Survey in nineteenth-century Ireland | 1975 | Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975. |
Portlock, Joseph Ellison | Memoir of the Life of Major-general T. Colby, together with a Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and Ireland | 1869 | London, 1869. |