Henry Toynbee FRAS FRGS (22 October 1819 – 29 March 1909)[citation needed] was a merchant sailor and an early meteorologist, whose career was dedicated to passing on his expertise.
In addition, he submitted several Papers to the Royal Astronomical Society on the subject of rating chronometers by lunar distance.
In 1859 the President of the Board of Trade presented Henry Toynbee with a gold pocket watch "for the best meteorological registers since 1855."
He also provided information about weather conditions in the Southern Ocean to Sir George Airy for planning the 1874 Transit of Venus Expeditions.
In 1890 the lectures were published as "Weather Forecasting for the British Islands by means of a barometer, the direction and force of wind and cirrus clouds".