Person: DRUMMOND, Lieutenant Thomas (1797-1840)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Name

Lieutenant Thomas DRUMMOND

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

military engineer; inventor of limelight illumination

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

10 October 1797

born at

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

15 April 1840

died at

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

References

Willem Tebra, ‘[Book review: Magie lumineuse]’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 13

T.C. Hepworth and J.H. Pepper (comp. Tony Dugdale), ‘A brief history of the lantern’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 4

‘Some illuminants’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 14

Lucerna ID 6003587

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 8 November 2011

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Person: DRUMMOND, Lieutenant Thomas (1797-1840)