William Petrie

William Petrie
portrait by George Romney
Born1784 
Died27 October 1816  (aged 31–32)

William Petrie (1747 – 27 October 1816): 200–1  was a British officer of the East India Company in Chennai (formerly Madras) during the 1780s, 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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