Henry Gillman (November 16, 1833 – July 30, 1915) was an ethnologist, curator for the Detroit Scientific Society,[1] a librarian at the Detroit Public Library,[2] and later he was affiliated with Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

[3] Early in his career he was a survey assistant for the U.S. Department of War and made charts of many Michigan locations.

Henry Gillman was born in Kinsale, Ireland on November 16, 1833.

[4] In 1876, Gillman, working with the Peabody Museum and with the permission of the U.S. government, excavated the remains of the Fort Wayne burial mound.

His findings were published in a report and the artifacts were given to the Peabody Museum.