How to Pronounce Henry James (British Army officer)
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Jun 08, 1803 Died on 14 Jun 1877 (aged 74)
British Army officer, director-general of the Ordnance Survey
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About Henry James British Army Officer
- Major-General Sir Henry James FRS MRIA (1803–1877) was a Royal Engineers officer who served as the director-general of the Ordnance Survey, the British Government mapping agency, from 1854 to 1875.
- Sir Henry was described by the agency itself as "perhaps Ordnance Survey's most eccentric and egotistical Director General".
- Sir Henry spent most of his life working for the Ordnance Survey and after becoming its head he introduced the new science of photography.
- He also would later claim to be the inventor of the process known as Photozincography or Zinco.
- Sir Henry also played a part in the resolving of the battle of the scales.
