William Petrie | |
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 portrait by George Romney | |
| Born | 1784  |
| Died | 27 October 1816 (aged 31–32) |
William Petrie (1747 – 27 October 1816)[1]: 200–1 was a British officer of the East India Company in Chennai (formerly Madras) during the 1780s,[2] and was Governor of Prince of Wales Island (Penang Island) from 1812 to 1816. An amateur astronomer, Petrie helped found the first modern observatory outside Europe, the Madras Observatory.
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