Henry Francis Blanford ( 1834 - 1893 )

Birth: Bouverie Street, Whitefriars, England (03 June 1834) Death: Folkestone, Kent (23 January 1893) Research Field: 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.