John Walsh (scientist)
British scientist and Secretary to the Governor of Bengal (1726-1795) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Walsh (1 July 1726 – 9 March 1795) was a British scientist and Secretary to the Governor of Bengal.[1]
John was son of Joseph Walsh, Secretary to the Governor of Fort St. George and cousin to Nevil Maskelyne, the Astronomer Royal, and his sister Margaret, the wife of Lord Clive.