| Authorised form of name | Colby; Thomas Frederick (1784 - 1852) |
| Dates | 1784 - 1852 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | St Margaret's-next-Rochester, Kent, England |
| Date of birth | 01 September 1784 |
| Place of death | New Brighton, near Birkenhead |
| Date of death | 09 October 1852 |
| Activity | Career:
Soldier, British Army, Royal Engineers, becoming Major General; Director, Ordnance Survey
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/04/1820 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1850-1854 vol 6 pp 247-250 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/35240571 |
| Code | NA3821 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1819/35 | Colby, Thomas Frederick: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/1/16 | Letter from Thomas Frederick Colby, Ordnance Map Office, to Davies Gilbert | 17 June 1830 |
| MC/3/105 | Letter from Colonel [Thomas Frederick] Colby, Ordnance Map Office Tower, to the Marquis of Northampton, President of the Royal Society | 11 August 1840 |
| MC/3 | Volume 3 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1839-1843 |
| MC/3/268 | Letter from Colonel [Thomas Frederick] Colby, Ordnance Map Office, Southampton, to Samuel Hunter Christie, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 25 February 1843 |
| MC/4/54 | Letter from George Biddell Airy, Royal Observatory Greenwich, to Samuel Hunter Christie, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 25 February 1845 |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| AP/11/3/2 | Unpublished diagrams, compass and wire arrangements by [Peter Barlow] | [1822] |
| AP/11/3/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the mathematical laws of electro magnetism' by Peter Barlow | [1822] |
| AP/11/3 | Unpublished paper, 'On the mathematical laws of electro magnetism' by Peter Barlow | [1822] |
| HS/26/31 | Letter, from Thomas Colby to Sir John Herschel | 20 October 1827 |
| MS/743/1/173 | Copy letter from Thomas Colby to Robert Stevenson | 1 November 1821 [1860?] |
| MS/957/55 | Letter from Thomas Colby, Folkestone, to Captain [Henry] Kater, 1 Union Place, Regent's Park, London | 1 September 1822 |