Henry Piddington was an English sea captain who sailed in East India and China and later settled in Bengal where he worked as a curator of a geological museum and worked on scientific problems, and is particularly well known for his pioneering... Wikipedia
Born: January 7, 1797, Uckfield, United Kingdom
Died: April 7, 1858 (age 61 years), Kolkata, India
Books
The sailor's horn-book for the law of storms
An English Index to the Plants of India
1832
An English Index to the Plants of India - Scholar's Choice Edition
Notes on the Law of Storms: As Applying to the Tempests of the Indian and Chinese Seas, Drawn Up for the Use of the Expedition to China
1840
The Sailor's Horn-book for the Law of Storms: Being a Practical Exposition of the Theory of the Law of Storms, and Its Uses to Mariners of All Classes, in All Parts of the World, Shewn by Transparent Storm Cards and Useful Lessons
On the Scientific Principles of Agriculture, Considered as a Branch of Public Education in India
1839