| Authorised form of name | Colebrooke; Henry Thomas (1765 - 1837) |
| Dates | 1765 - 1837 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 15 June 1765 |
| Date of death | 10 March 1837 |
| Activity | Career:
Writer, Bengal Service (1782); studied Hindu law and suttee; Envoy to Nagpur (1799-1801); Judge, Calcutta (1801); President of the Bench (1805); published 'Essay on the Vedas' (1805), a Sanskrit Grammar (1805) and Sansjrit Lexicon (1808); Member of the Bengal Council (1807-1812); returned to England (1814); wrote on Hindu mathematics and philosophy; became totally blind and died after years of 'bodily helplessness'
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/02/1816 |
| Relationships | Second surviving son of Sir George Colebrooke; younger brother of Sir James Edward Colebrooke (FRS 1821) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1837 No 30 pp 10-12 |
| Code | NA7446 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1815/25 | Colebrooke, Henry Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |