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Colin Campbell FRS (died 26 January 1752) was a Scottish astronomer. He grew up in Jamaica and died there in Kingston in 1752. He matriculated at Glasgow University, in 1720. He was invested as a fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1733. He studied Newton's theory of the diminution of gravity away from the equator. He made astronomical observations, in correspondence with Edmund Halley.He held the office of Member of the Council (Jamaica) in 1742.After 1742, he sold his astronomical instruments to Alexander Macfarlane.In 1748, he lived at St. George Hanover Square, London.

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has abstract	Colin Campbell FRS (died 26 January 1752) was a Scottish astronomer. He grew up in Jamaica and died there in Kingston in 1752. He matriculated at Glasgow University, in 1720. He was invested as a fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1733. He studied Newton's theory of the diminution of gravity away from the equator. He made astronomical observations, in correspondence with Edmund Halley.He held the office of Member of the Council (Jamaica) in 1742.After 1742, he sold his astronomical instruments to Alexander Macfarlane.In 1748, he lived at St. George Hanover Square, London. In Jamaica, Campbell was a slaveholder and planter. In his will, Campbell bequeathed to his wife, Margaret Campbell, "the use and enjoyment of any of my Negroes at her own choice". In his will, he also bequeathed to his son, Colin, his "Negroes" at his two sugar plantations, Orange Bay and Fish River. (en)
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