James Francis Tennant
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James Francis Tennant
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Lieutenant-General James Francis Tennant, was a British soldier and astronomer. Tennant was born in Calcutta to Scottish parents. The son of Brigadier-General Sir James Tennant and Elizabeth, and was educated at the East India Company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe from 1845 to 1847. He began his military career with the Bengal Engineers in Calcutta in 1847. His mathematical skills landed him with the Great Trigonometric Survey where he was engaged in triangulation of the great longitudinal s
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British astronomer and soldier
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2024-04-26T01:54:42Z
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