Alexander MacFarlane (astronomer)
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Alexander MacFarlane (astronomer)
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Alexander MacFarlane was a Scottish person who was active as an astronomer, merchant, mathematician, judge, politician and planter. Born in Scotland, MacFarlane graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1728 and immigrated to the British colony of Jamaica, where he settled down to a career as a merchant and acquired several sugar plantations operated with slave labour. In addition to working as a judge and politician, MacFarlane also pursued an amateur career in astronomy in Port Royal and Kin
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Scottish polymath (1702–1755)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_MacFarlane_(astronomer)
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2020-02-10T15:55:05Z
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2024-09-05T04:25:05Z
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