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gptkbp:instanceOf
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astronomer
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:Lalande_Prize
gptkb:Royal_Medal
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1794-03-17
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Newtownstewart,_County_Tyrone,_Ireland
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gptkbp:children
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6
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gptkbp:collaboratedWith
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gptkb:George_Everest
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1879-07-14
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Cape_Town,_Cape_Colony
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Trinity_College_Dublin
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gptkbp:eponymOf
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gptkb:Maclear's_Beacon
Maclear crater on the Moon
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:astronomy
geodesy
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gptkbp:honor
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knighted in 1860
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sir Thomas Maclear
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:geodetic_survey_of_the_Cape_of_Good_Hope
work on the arc of the meridian
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:notableWork
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Verification and extension of Lacaille's arc of meridian
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gptkbp:occupation
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astronomer
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gptkbp:position
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gptkb:Her_Majesty's_Astronomer_at_the_Cape_of_Good_Hope
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Fearon_Fallows
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:Monthly_Notices_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
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gptkbp:restingPlace
|
gptkb:Royal_Observatory,_Cape_of_Good_Hope
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_Pearse
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:David_Gill
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gptkbp:termEnd
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1870
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gptkbp:termStart
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1833
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Maclear_B
gptkb:Scottish_South_Africans
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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