# Henry Spry

> Henry Harpur Spry was an army medical officer in the English East India Company Bengal medical service. He studied natural history and fossils in India and wrote a two-volume work on the resources of India. He was also a promoter of phrenology and studied the skulls of Indian thugs who were executed as hereditary criminals.

*British army surgeon and writer on India*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1804-01-06
- **Died:** 1842-09-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Henry Harpur Spry was an army medical officer in the English East India Company Bengal medical service. He studied natural history and fossils in India and wrote a two-volume work on the resources of India. He was also a promoter of phrenology and studied the skulls of Indian thugs who were executed as hereditary criminals.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 29.4
- **Momentum:** 4.7

## Sources
- [Henry Harpur Spry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Harpur_Spry)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18546386)

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