Charles Todd (engineer)

Sir Charles ToddKCMGFRSFRASFRMSFIEE (7 July 1826 – 29 January 1910) was an Australian civil servant and astronomer who worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841–1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847 to 1854. He then worked on telegraphy and undersea cables until engaged by the government of South Australia as astronomical and meteorological observer, and head of the electric telegraph department.