Henry Spencer Palmer [SEP] date of death
Henry Spencer Palmer
Major General Henry Spencer Palmer (30 April 1838 – 10 February 1893) was a British army military engineer and surveyor, noted for his work in developing Yokohama harbor in the Empire of Japan as a foreign advisor to the Japanese government
Biography.
Palmer was born at Bangalore, British India; his father was a colonel in the Madras army. He was educated at private schools in Bath in England and by tutors before being admitted in January 1856 to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was
individuals follows, including year of death.
- 13 June — Henry George Lamond, novelist (died 1969)
- 1 July — Dorothea Mackellar, poet (died 1968)
- 18 August — Nettie Palmer, critic (died 1959)
- 28 August — Vance Palmer, novelist (died 1959)
Deaths.
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1885 of Australian literary figures, authors