Henry Francis Blanford (sometimes spelt Blandford) (3 June 1834 – 23 January 1893) 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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3 June 1834 Whitefriars, London
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Died |
23 January 1893 (aged 58) Folkestone, United Kingdom
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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