About Thomas Basnett
Lived 1808 – 1886 (aged 77–78). Thomas Basnett was an astronomer and meteorologist, known for Marabanong.
Thomas Basnett (1808–1886) was a British-born 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
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Who was Thomas Basnett?
British astronomer and meteorologist
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Thomas Basnett was born in 1808.
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Thomas Basnett died in 1886.
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Thomas Basnett was an astronomer and meteorologist.
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Thomas Basnett was known for Marabanong.
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