Henry Piddington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHenry Piddington
English scientist and merchant captain
Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1797
Place of Birth: Uckfield, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 07-Apr-1858
Profession: meteorologist, botanist
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Henry Piddington
- Henry Piddington (7 January 1797 – 7 April 1858) was an English merchant 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 studies in meteorology of tropical storms and hurricanes.
- He noted the circular winds recorded by ships caught in storms and coined the name cyclone in 1848 based on his studies of tropical storms and the observation of circular winds around a calm centre.
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