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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Piddington
	First Name(s)	Henry
	Birth Year	1797
	Death Year	1858
	Entry	Son of James Piddington : born 1797 : was a Commander in the mercantile marine : left the sea about 1830, and became Curator of the Museum of Economic Geology, and Assistant Secretary of the Asiatic Society, at Calcutta : wrote papers on meteorology and the storms in the Indian seas, and collected a quantity of information on storms : wrote The Sailor's Horn-book for the Law of Storms, 1848 : suggested the term cyclone for rotatory storms : was President of the Marine Court of Enquiry at Calcutta, and Coroner : died at Calcutta, April 7, 1858.

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A List of eminent persons who served in British India, together with short biographical notes of each

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