The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Cave, Henry William
Cave, Henry William, M.A., F.R.G.S., M.R.A.S.; b. Brackley, Northamptonshire, 1854; educ.: Magdalen College School, and Queen’s College, Oxford; Founded the commercial house of Cave and Co., Colombo, 1877; retired, 1887; has made seventeen voyages to Ceylon and India; explored the remains of Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa, 1896. Publications: Colombo and the Kelani Valley, 1893; Kandy and Peradeniva, 1894; Nuwara Eliya and Adam’s Peak, 1895; The Ruined Cities of Ceylon, 1897; Golden Tips, a description of Ceylon and its great tea industry, 1900; The Book of Ceylon, 1908; The Ceylon Government Railway, 1909. Recreations: landscape photography, golf, music. Address: 5, Sussex Square, Brighton. Clubs: Authors’; New Brighton.