| Authorised form of name | Salt; Henry (1780 - 1827) |
| Dates | 1780 - 1827 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Lichfield, Staffordshire, England |
| Date of birth | 14 June 1780 |
| Place of death | The village of Dessuke, near Alexandria, Egypt |
| Date of death | 29 or 30 October 1827 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Alexandria, Egypt |
| Activity | Career:
Learned drawing and painting; studied under Joseph Farrinton and John Hoppner in London (1797-1802); toured India, Ceylon and Abyssinia with George Viscount Valentia (FRS 1816) (1802-1806); sent by the Government to Abyssinia (1809-1811); British Consul General for Egypt (1815-1827); discovered the Abu Simbel inscriptions (1817); collected Egyptian antiquities and in 1818 sold some to the British Museum, including the splendid bust of Rameses II, others to the French government; died of a disease of the spleen
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 26/11/1812 |
| Relationships | Son of a Lichfield doctor |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
| Code | NA5489 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1812/14 | Salt, Henry: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |