Captain Daniel Ross FRS (11 November 1780 – 29 October 1849) was a hydrographer employed by the East India Company.
Famous for his care and regard for scientific accuracy, he was known as “the Father of the Indian Surveys”.
His election as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1822 reflected the reputation which he had acquired during that period.
After his resignation he retired to Bombay, where he was Master Attendant, and was appointed President of the Geographical Society of Bombay in 1838[2] Following his retirement as President on grounds of ill-health in 1849, shortly before his death, the Bombay Geographical Society appointed him Honorary President.
The minutes of the Society record that: "Captain Ross had established for himself a European reputation of a high order, as one of the most practical and correct of Eastern Hydrographers; and the fortunes of many merchants, and the lives of many mariners, have been saved by the results of his patient and scientific labors.