Thomas Basnett

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Gender:

Male

Is:

Astronomer Meteorologist

Work field:

Science

Birth:

1808

Death:

1886

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Biography

Thomas Basnett (1808–1886) was a prominent British astronomer and meteorologist. He built Marabanong in the Jacksonville, Florida area and married Eliza Wilbur in his third marriage. Basnett moved from England to Illinois in 1835 and ran a drugstore. Circa 1876 he constructed Marabonong on a promontory above the St. Johns River near Jacksonville, Florida