Sir Thomas Maclear (17. března 1794 Newtownstewart, Irsko – 17. července 1879 Kapské Město, Jižní Afrika) byl irský astronom. [3 ] Svá pozorování prováděl jako královský astronom na mysu Dobré naděje v jižní Africe.
During this expedition the Maclear's Rat on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean was named after him. He is also honoured in the specific epithet of Dicliptera maclearii, a plant in the family Acanthaceae which is endemic to Christmas Island…
Shute Harbour is a coastal locality and harbour in the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia. [2 ] [3 ] It has port facilities and transport options for people seeking to access the Whitsunday Islands and holiday destinations. [4 ]
Little named the mountain after the Rooper Inlet which it overlooks to the south (near present-day Shute Harbour), which was in turn named by Maclear in May 1881 after Lieutenant Henry E.
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (7. března 1792 Slough, tehdy Buckinghamshire, dnes Berkshire, Spojené království – 11. května 1871 Hawkhurst, Kent, Spojené království) byl anglický astronom, matematik, chemik a průkopník fotografování.