Author: Henry Richard Hoisington
Alternate names: Henry R. Hoisington; H. R. Hoisington
Born: 23 August 1801
Died: 16 May 1858
Bio: **Henry Richard Hoisington** was an american Missionary under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Misions (ABCFM) in Ceylon. He was an instructor in Astronomy and English in *Batticota Seminary*, Jaffna, Ceylon, and its second principal.