biography
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| lived:
| (1797–1840)
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| biography:
| Engineer and statesman, born in Edinburgh, EC Scotland, UK. He entered the Royal Engineers in 1815, and in 1820 joined the ordnance survey, whose work was immensely facilitated by his improved heliostat and lime-light (the Drummond light). He became head of the boundary commission under the Reform Bill, and under-secretary for Ireland (practically its governor) in 1835. |
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