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- Edward Deas Thompson htip://www.usyd.edu.au/su/macleay/hpcO5ddi
Edward Deas Thomson (1800-1879) was born in Edinburgh, and in May 1828
was appointed clerk to the Council of New South Wales. He married
Governor Bourke's second daughter, Anne Maria, on the 18th of December
1833, and was appointed colonial secretary and Registrar of records in
1837, taking over from Alexander Macleay. In 1849 he was a member of
Wentworths select committee on Sydney University and in 1850 was
appointed one of the 16 original member of the University's senate. In
1863 he was appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney and
in 1865 was appointed chancellor, an office he held until forced to
retire due to ill health in 1878.
For more information see the Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume
21788-1850 edited by Douglas Pike.
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