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    Thomas Frederick Colby FRS FRSE FGS FRGS (1 September 1784 – 9 October 1852), was a British major-general and director of the Ordnance Survey (OS). A Fellow...
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  • Thetford) (died 1588), MP for Thetford Sir Thomas Colby, 1st Baronet (1670–1729), MP for Rochester Thomas Frederick Colby (1784–1852), British major-general and...
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    carried out under the direction of Isaac Dalby, William Mudge and Thomas Frederick Colby, but the final synthesis and report (1858) was the work of Alexander...
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  • Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician (died 1846) September 1 – Thomas Frederick Colby, English cartographer (died 1852) May 12 – Abraham Trembley, Genevan...
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    leading him to read about the man in charge of the survey, Colonel Thomas Frederick Colby, who would later serve as inspiration for one of Translation's characters...
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  • – Anna Maria Walker (born 1778), Scottish botanist. October 9 – Thomas Frederick Colby (born 1784), English cartographer. November 10 – Gideon Mantell...
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  • William Roy (England, 1726–1790) William Mudge (England, 1762–1820) Thomas Frederick Colby (England, 1784–1852) Matthäus Seutter (Germany, 1678–1757) Friedrich...
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    requirements to establish a modern postal system, with his friend Thomas Frederick Colby, concluding there should be a uniform rate that was put into effect...
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    methods used by the Ordnance Survey; he frequently corresponded with Thomas Frederick Colby. He became acquainted with Indian thought according to his niece...
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  • Army brigadier general Thomas Frederick Colby This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title General Colby. If an internal link led...
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    Gradwell, (1899–1969), barrister and war hero Died in New Brighton Thomas Frederick Colby, (1784–1852), geographer Edwin Waugh, (1817–1890), poet Laurence...
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  • it passed to the Colby family who owned it until the 20th century; Thomas Frederick Colby was raised there. His father Thomas Colby was High Sheriff of...
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    (1773–1811), a Welsh Baptist minister and author, was born in Cilgerran. Thomas Frederick Colby (1784–1852), geographer was brought up at Rhosygilwen mansion between...
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    Around the peak are the remains of a "Colby camp", named after 19th century surveyor Thomas Frederick Colby, who visited the hill in 1838 as part of...
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  • dancer Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925), American educator and writer Frederick Myron Colby (1848–1920), American writer Gardner Colby (1810–1879), American...
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  • Williams 1798–1820 Major General William Mudge 1820–1847 Major General Thomas Frederick Colby 1847–1854 Colonel Lewis Alexander Hall 1854–1875 Lieutenant General...
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  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1824 his proposer being Thomas Frederick Colby. Next year he became Fellow of the Royal Society of London. He was...
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    in 1791 and carried out under the direction of William Mudge and Thomas Frederick Colby. The field work was completed in 1853, just as Clarke joined the...
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  • lifeboat William Congreve (1772–1828) – inventor and rocket pioneer Thomas Frederick Colby (1784–1852) – director of the Ordnance Survey Richard Jones (1790–1855)...
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    Charles Ingalls (redirect from Laura Colby)
    York, the third of nine children of Lansford Whiting and Laura Louise (née Colby) Ingalls. Ingalls' parents appear as "Grandpa" and "Grandma" in the Laura...
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  • Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet (1772–1853), Royal Navy officer Thomas Frederick Colby (1784–1852) John Corrie (?1769–1839), clergyman Fearon Fallows (1788–1831)...
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  • 1759 Ernest George Coker 1916-05-11 26 April 1869 – 9 April 1946 Thomas Frederick Colby 1820-04-13 1 September 1784 – 9 October 1852 Francis Joseph Cole...
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    survey of Ireland under command of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Frederick Colby, RE, and Lieutenant Thomas Aiskew Larcom, RE, and advanced to rank of lieutenant...
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    call a hearing and require Colby's testimony. Ford and his top advisers met with Colby to prepare him for the hearing. Colby testified, "These last two...
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  • Prudence Hibbard (b.1711) Colby line : Matthew Colby (b.1530) and (from 1555) Mary (last name unknown) (b.1532) Thomas Colby (b.1567) and (from May 4,...
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    Battle of Mollwitz (category Battles of Frederick the Great)
    Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02385-7. (registration required) Colby, Elbridge (1933). "Lessons from Frederick the Great II. Leuthen". The Military Engineer. 25 (142):...
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    November 13, 2021. "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Bainbridge Colby (1869–1950)". Office of the Historian. Archived from the original on December...
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    Major-General Sir John Frederick Maurice KCB (24 May 1841 – 12 January 1912) was a senior British Army officer, chiefly remembered for his military writings...
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    Hecker Pass, named after a nephew of Hecker Hecker uprising Gilman, Peck & Colby 1905. von Weech 1905. Hashagen 1911, p. 194. Cole 1922, pp. 23–25. Cole...
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    and Bainbridge Colby, remained steadfast in their refusal to support Hughes. Parker desired the presidential nomination himself. Colby, while opposed...
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