For other people named Thomas Drummond, see Thomas Drummond (disambiguation).
Thomas Drummond
c. 1838 by Henry William Pickersgill
Born
10 October 1797
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
15 April 1840 (1840-04-16) (aged 42)
Resting place
Ireland Mount Jerome Dublin
Occupation
Civil engineer
Known for
Cartography Drummond lamp
Spouse
Maria Kinnaird
Children
three daughters
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Captain Thomas Drummond (10 October 1797 – 15 April 1840), from Edinburgh was a Scottish British Army officer, civil engineer and senior public official. He used the Drummond light which was employed in the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland. He is sometimes mistakenly given credit for the invention of limelight, at the expense of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney.[1] It was Drummond, however, who realised its value in surveying.
^"Demonstrations 19 – Limelight". Leeds University. Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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