John Goldingham
British astronomer · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1767 to 1849 · aged 82
John Goldingham was the first official astronomer of the Madras Observatory, appointed in 1802. Goldingham was also an architect and surveyor who headed the Madras Survey School which later grew into the Guindy Engineering College and then Anna University.
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Born in London in 1767, Goldingham was first in the service of William Petrie at his private observatory and then hired by astronomer-sailor Michael Topping as his assistant in 1788.
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