Henry Edward Landor Thuillier
Henry Edward Landor Thuillier | |
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Henry Edward Landor Thuillier | |
| Born | 10 July 1813 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Died | 6 May 1906 (aged 92) Richmond, London, England |
| Resting place | Richmond Cemetery, England |
| Alma mater | Addiscombe Military Seminary, Surrey, England |
| Spouses | Susanne Elizabeth Cardew
(m. 1836; died 1844)Annie Charlotte Macpherson
(m. 1847) |
| Children | 10 |
| Father | John Pierre Thuillier |
| Relatives | Col Sir Henry Ravenshaw Thuillier (son) |
Sir Henry Edward Landor Thuillier CSI FRS (10 July 1813 – 6 May 1906) was Surveyor General of India. Under his direction, 796,928 square miles of India were surveyed, including difficult mountainous, forest, and desert regions, often for the first time. He was responsible for the printing in 1854 of the first postage stamps valid throughout India. Thuillier was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1869, made a CSI in May 1870, and knighted in June 1879.