Robert Hyde Colebrooke
British infantry officer and surveyor in India
About Robert Hyde Colebrooke
Lived 1762 – 1808 (aged 45–46). Robert Hyde Colebrooke was a British surveyor, painter and cartographer.
A keen astronomer, Colebrooke also corresponded with John Goldingham at the Madras Observatory to establish the latitude of Calcutta. He was succeeded as Surveyor General by John Garstin. Colebrooke's brother James (1772-18 January 1816) worked in the Madras Infantry.
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British infantry officer and surveyor in India (1762–1808)
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Robert Hyde Colebrooke was born in 1762.
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Robert Hyde Colebrooke died on 21 September 1808 in Bhagalpur.
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Robert Hyde Colebrooke was a surveyor, painter and cartographer.
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Robert Hyde Colebrooke was British.
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