| Authorised form of name | Blanford; Henry Francis (1834 - 1893) |
| Dates | 1834 - 1893 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Bouverie Street, Whitefriars, England |
| Date of birth | 03 June 1834 |
| Place of death | Folkestone, Kent |
| Date of death | 23 January 1893 |
| Research field | Meteorology |
| Geology |
| Activity | 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.
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1880 |
| Relationships | Brother of William Thomas Blanford (FRS 1874) |
| Source | 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 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/757715 |
| Code | NA6497 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/257/4/120 | Letter from Edward Sabine, Ferryside, Camarthenshire to [Henry Francis] Blanford | 13 September 1873 |
| NLB/3/926 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Henry Francis Blanford, Fellow of the Royal Society | 13 November 1889 |
| NLB/7/342 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Harrison & Sons | 25 January 1893 |
| NLB/7/379 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 1 February 1893 |
| RR/11/39 | Referee's report by Henry Francis Blanford, on a paper 'The origins and motive of cyclones in Western India' by Dallas | 8 June 1891 |
| EC/1880/05 | Blanford, Henry Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/1/528 | Copy letter from John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, to Henry Francis Blanford, Fellow of the Royal Society | 19 July 1887 |
| RR/10/121 | Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on a paper 'On the relations of the diurnal barometric maxima to certain critical conditions of temperature, cloud, and rainfall' by Henry Francis Blanford | 22 April 1888 |
| RR/10/122 | Referee's report by George James Symons, on a paper 'On the relations of the diurnal barometric maxima to certain critical conditions of temperature, cloud, and rainfall' by Henry Francis Blanford | 5 May 1888 |
| RR/10/376 | Referee's report by Henry Francis Blanford, on a paper 'The variability of the temperature of the British Isles, 1869—1883, inclusive' by Robert Henry Scott | nd [1890] |
| RR/7/286 | Referee's report by Robert Henry Scott, on a paper 'The winds of Northern India, in relation to the temperature and vapour-constituent of the atmosphere' by Henry Francis Blanford | 10 April 1874 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/12/65 | Letter from W T [William Thomas] Blanford, 8 Princes Street, Hanover Square, to the Royal Society | 14 June 1880 |
| MC/12/66 | Letter from W T [William Thomas] Blanford, 8 Princes Street, Hanover Square, to [Walter White], Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 14 June 1880 |
| MC/12/76 | Letter from Henry F [Francis] Blanford, Simla, to G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society | 6 July 1880 |
| MC/12/127 | Letter from Robert H [Henry] Scott, Meteorological Office, 116 Victoria Street, London, to Professor T H [Thomas Henry] Huxley, Secretary of the Royal Society | 1 December 1880 |
| MC/12 | Volume 12 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1880-1883 |
| PP/5/1/1 | Manuscript, 'On the connexion of the Himalaya snowfall with dry winds and seasons of drought in India' by Henry F [Francis] Blanford | 1844 |
| PP/5/1 | Paper, 'On the connexion of the Himalaya snowfall with dry winds and seasons of drought in India' by Henry F [Francis] Blanford | 1844 |
| PP/5/1/2 | Map, 'Baric and wind chart for 10am of the 26th February 1881' by Henry F [Francis] Blanford | 1844 |
| PP/12/30/1 | Manuscript, 'On the relations of the diurnal barometric maxima to certain critical conditions of temperature, cloud, and rainfall' by Henry Francis Blanford | 1888 |
| PP/12/30 | Paper, 'On the relations of the diurnal barometric maxima to certain critical conditions of temperature, cloud, and rainfall' by Henry Francis Blanford | 1888 |
| PP/12/30/2 | Diagrams, diurnal variation of cloud and rainfall by Henry Francis Blanford | 1888 |
| MS/257/1/188 | Letter from Henry [Francis] Blanford, Bengal Club, [Kolkata] 'Calcutta' to Edward Sabine | 9 August 1873 |
| RR/7/287 | Referee's report by Richard Strachey, on a paper 'The winds of Northern India, in relation to the temperature and vapour-constituent of the atmosphere' by Henry Francis Blanford | 23 April 1874 |