Thomas Basnett (1808–1886) was a prominent British astronomer and meteorologist. He built

Marabanong Marabanong is a historic mansion in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It was built in 1876 on the site of Perley Place, the antebellum mansion purchased in 1870 by British astronomer Thomas Basnett that was originally built by Thomas Perley and ...

in the

Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

area and married Eliza Wilbur in his third marriage. Basnett moved from England to Illinois in 1835 and ran a drugstore. Circa 1876 he constructed Marabonong on a promontory above the St. Johns River near

Empire Point mansion has long history of strong Trout women
by Leni Bessette and Louise Stanton Warren October 8, 2005 Florida Times-Union

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Basnett, Thomas 19th-century British astronomers British meteorologists 1886 deaths 1808 births