It is named after William Brydone Jack, a Canadian educator, engineer, and astronomer of the 19th century.
William Brydone Jack was appointed to the Board of Examiners in 1874 for the examination of candidates for admission to practice land surveying in New Brunswick.
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William Brydone-Jack, (23 November 1817 – 23 November 1886), was the University of New Brunswick's first surveying professor and its second president (1861-1885).
William Brydone Jack (1817–1886), Canadian mathematician and astronomer
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