What is Thomas Brisbane?
{{Infobox Officeholder | honorific-prefix = Sir | name = Thomas Brisbane | image = Thomasbrisbane.jpg | imagesize = 240px | smallimage = | caption = Sir Thomas Brisbane | order = 6th | office = Governor of New South Wales | term_start = 1 December 1821 | term_end = 1 December 1825 | predecessor = [[Lachlan Macquarie]] | successor = [[Ralph Darling]] | constituency = | majority = | order2 = <!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | office2 = <!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | term_start2 = <!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | term_end2 = <!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | predecessor2 = <!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | successor2 = <!-- Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number --> | birth_date = {{birthdate|1773|7|23}} | birth_place = Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1860|1|27|1773|7|23|df=yes}} | death_place = Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland | party = | otherparty = <!-- For additional political affiliations --> | spouse = Anna Maria Makdougall | partner = <!-- For those with a domestic partner and not married --> | occupation = Soldier | profession = }} Sir '''Thomas Makdougall Brisbane''' (July 23, 1773 – January 27, 1860) was the sixth [[Governor of New South Wales]].<ref name=adb>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last= Heydon|first= J. D.|authorlink=|year= 1966|id= brisbane-sir-thomas-makdougall-1827|title= Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall (1773–1860)|accessdate= 25 June 2012}}</ref> Brisbane was very interested in [[astronomy]] and brought two assistant astronomers to Australia with him. When he went back to England, he left his books, [[telescope]]s and other equipment behind as gift, and thes