Charles Todd (1826-1910)
Sir Charles Todd (1826-1910)
1910 Obituary [1]
SIR CHARLES TODD, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., was born at Islington in 1826, and on completing his education was appointed assistant at Cambridge Observatory.
In 1848 he was made Assistant Astronomer at Greenwich Observatory, and in 1854 returned to Cambridge.
In 1855 he was appointed to be Superintendent of Telegraphs and Government Astronomer for South Australia. In this capacity he completed in 1858 the connection of Melbourne and Adelaide by telegraph, and afterwards the Transcontinental line between Europe and America.
He held the post in South Australia for fifty years, and for thirty-five years was also Postmaster-General of that colony.
He joined the Institution in 1874. In 1893 he was created K.C.M.G.