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Henry Francis Blanford

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British scientist (1834-1893)

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Henry Francis Blanford was a British meteorologist and palaeontologist who worked in India. He was a younger brother of the naturalist William Thomas Blanford, both of whom joined the Geological Survey of India in 1855.

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1880Fellow of the Royal Society
1862Fellow of the Geological Society of London

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Henry Francis Blanford was a British meteorologist and palaeontologist who worked in India. He was a younger brother of the naturalist William Thomas Blanford, both of whom joined the Geological Survey of India in 1855. Henry was the first official meteorologist in India, appointed as Imperial Meteorological Reporter in 1875.

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Scientist
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Lived 1834 to 1893 · aged 58
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