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- Q3133595 description "British astronomer".
- Q3133595 description "British astronomer".
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- Q3133595 abstract "Michael Topping (1747–1796) was the Chief Marine Surveyor of Fort St. George in Chennai (then Madras) responsible for founding the oldest modern technical school outside Europe. The Survey School was completed on May 17, 1794, with an initial intake of eight students. In 1858 it became the Civil Engineering School and the College of Engineering in 1861.Topping was also the first full-time modern professional surveyor of India having surveyed the seas off the Coromandel Coast, India's south-east coast. Topping persuaded astronomer William Petrie to gift his equipment to the government and set up the first modern astronomical observatory in Nungambakkam. The school was established in 1792 and Topping was appointed as the British East India Company's astronomer. Topping died in 1796.".
- Q3133595 birthDate "1747".
- Q3133595 birthYear "1747".
- Q3133595 deathDate "1796".
- Q3133595 deathYear "1796".
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- Q3133595 dateOfBirth "1747".
- Q3133595 dateOfDeath "1796".
- Q3133595 name "Topping, Michael".
- Q3133595 shortDescription "British astronomer".
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- Q3133595 comment "Michael Topping (1747–1796) was the Chief Marine Surveyor of Fort St. George in Chennai (then Madras) responsible for founding the oldest modern technical school outside Europe. The Survey School was completed on May 17, 1794, with an initial intake of eight students.".
- Q3133595 label "Michael Topping".
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- Q3133595 givenName "Michael".
- Q3133595 name "Michael Topping".
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- Q3133595 surname "Topping".