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About William Petrie
William Petrie was a British officer of the East India Company in Chennai during the 1780s, and was Governor of Prince of Wales Island from 1812 to 1816. An amateur astronomer, Petrie helped found the first modern observatory outside Europe, the Madras Observatory.
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- astronomer
- Born
- 1784
- Died
- October 27, 1816