Person Blanford; Henry Francis (1834 - 1893) Blanford Henry Francis 1834 - 1893 British Male Bouverie Street, Whitefriars, England 03 June 1834 Folkestone, Kent 23 January 1893

Calcutta (1879); Folkestone, Kent (1893)

Meteorology Geology Education: Royal School of Mines, Kensington; Freiburg, Saxony Career: Worked for the Geological Survey of India (1855); retired due to ill health (1862); Professor, Presidency College, Calcutta (to 1872); Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India; retired and returned to England (1888) Memberships: FGS; Assoc Roy School of Mines. Brother of William Thomas Blanford (FRS 1874) Fellow 03/06/1880 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1893 vol 54 pp xii-xix signed by W T B References: R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 3 Jun 1834 - 23 Jan 1893 NA6497 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/757715 6af30000-95c2-43f8-af2b-82cbf3ddee24