Richard Brinsley Hinds FRCS (11 October 1811, in Aldermaston, England – 25 May 1846, in Swan River, Western Australia) was a British naval surgeon, botanist and malacologist.
That ship was to be employed as a hydrographic surveying vessel in the Pacific Ocean, and her officers were chosen for their scientific abilities, particularly in natural history.
[9] On 6 August 1842, he was appointed to HMY William & Mary, with the duty of organising the natural history specimens acquired during Sulphur's voyage.
In 1842, he published a paper entitled "Remarks on the Physical Aspect, Climate and Vegetation of Hong Kong, China" in Sir William Hooker's London Journal of Botany.
In 1843, Captain Edward Belcher, commander of Sulphur, published a two-volume report entitled Narrative of a Voyage Round the World.
[14] He was appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to help prepare reports on the natural history of Sulphur's voyage – towards the expense of which they contributed £500.
[18] During her voyage of 1835–42, Sulphur had continued earlier hydrographic and natural history surveys of the Pacific Ocean by the Royal Navy; notably that of 1831–36 by HMS Beagle, in which Charles Darwin had sailed as naturalist and Captain's companion.