Colonel William Light | |
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![]() Colonel William Light: Self Portrait, c.1815 | |
Surveyor General of South Australia | |
In office 28 December 1836 – 21 June 1838 | |
Preceded by | office established |
Succeeded by | George Owen Ormsby (acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Kuala Kedah, Kedah (now in Malaysia) | 27 April 1786
Died | 6 October 1839 Adelaide, South Australia | (aged 53)
Parent(s) | Francis Light and Martinha Rozells |
Occupation | Surveyor, town planner, soldier |
Known for | Planning the city of Adelaide |
William Light (27 April 1786 – 6 October 1839), also known as Colonel Light, was a British-Malayan naval and army officer. He was the first Surveyor-General of the new British Province of South Australia, known for choosing the site of the colony's capital, Adelaide, and for designing the layout of its streets, six city squares, gardens and the figure-eight Adelaide Park Lands, in a plan later sometimes referred to as Light's Vision.
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