Sir Thomas Maclear, 3rd H.M.’s Astronomer at the Cape and close friend of David Livingstone, dies in Cape Town. The town Maclea

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South African History Online. (2012, July 13). Sir Thomas Maclear, 3rd H.M.’s Astronomer at the Cape and close friend of David Livingstone, dies in Cape Town. The town Maclea. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088214

South African History Online (2012) 'Sir Thomas Maclear, 3rd H.M.’s Astronomer at the Cape and close friend of David Livingstone, dies in Cape Town. The town Maclea', South African History Online, 13 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088214 (Accessed: 26 September 2026).

South African History Online, Sir Thomas Maclear, 3rd H.M.’s Astronomer at the Cape and close friend of David Livingstone, dies in Cape Town. The town Maclea [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088214, (accessed 26 September 2026).

"Sir Thomas Maclear, 3rd H.M.’s Astronomer at the Cape and close friend of David Livingstone, dies in Cape Town. The town Maclea." South African History Online, 13 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088214. Accessed 26 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Sir Thomas Maclear, 3rd H.M.’s Astronomer at the Cape and close friend of David Livingstone, dies in Cape Town. The town Maclea." South African History Online. July 13, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088214.