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# Thomas Drummond

(1797–1840)   Civil Engineer

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Thomas Drummond was a civil engineer.

## Quick Facts About Thomas Drummond

Born October 10, 1797

Died April 15, 1840

Profession Civil Engineer

Notable works An interesting statement of the claims of Thomas Drummond, of New Penshaw, near Houghton-Le-Spring in the County of Durham to the ancient honours & entailed estates of the Earldom of Perth

## About Thomas Drummond

Captain Thomas Drummond, from Edinburgh was a Scottish British Army officer, civil engineer and senior public official. He used the Drummond light which was employed in the trigonometrical survey of Great Britain and Ireland. He is sometimes mistakenly given credit for the invention of limelight, at the expense of Sir Goldsworthy Gurney. It was Drummond, however, who realised its value in surveying.

##  Quotes by Thomas Drummond

> [“I wish to be buried in Ireland, the country of my adoption a country which I loved, which I have dutifully served,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-drummond/i-wish-to-be-buried-in-ireland-the-country-of-my-adoption-a-country/)

[Thomas Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-drummond/)

[Adoption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adoption/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/thomas-drummond-90660_adoption_i-wish-to-be-buried-in-ireland-the-count_137434.jpg)

> [Property has its duties as well as its rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-drummond/property-has-its-duties-as-well-as-its-rights/)

[Thomas Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-drummond/)

[Duties](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/duties/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/thomas-drummond-90660_duties_property-has-its-duties-as-well-as-its-r_2985658.jpg)

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