Biography
Thomas Maclear, Irish-born South-African astronomer (Newton Stewart, Tyrone County 17 March 1794 – Cape Town 14 July 1879)
SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY
Verification and extension of La Caille’s Arc of Meridian at the Cape of Good Hope (1866)
An account of the fall of a meteoritic stone in the Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London
Further particulars of the fall of the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite. Philos. Trans. Royal Soc. London
Geography of the Cape: longitude of Graham’s Town. S. Afr. Comm. Advertiser (1850)
Catalogue of 4810 stars for the epoch 1850, from observations made at the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope during the years 1849-52
Published observations of the comet Encke
HONORS
Lalande Medal, Academie Française des Sciences (1867)
Maclear Crater on Moon
