Henry Neville Hutchinson

Henry Neville Hutchinson FGS, FRGS, FZS (1856 in Chester – 1927) was an Anglican clergyman and, during the 1890s, a leading writer of popular books on geology, palaeontology, evolution and anthropology.[1][2]

Henry Neville Hutchinson was the eldest son of Thomas Neville Hutchinson, an Anglican clergyman and amateur naturalist.[3] H. N. Hutchinson was educated at Rugby School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1878.[4] In 1879–1880 he was a student-master at Clifton College. In 1884 he was curate to St Saviour's, Redland Park, Bristol. In 1886–1887 he was private tutor to the sons of the Earl of Morley. In 1891 he began literary work in London. He was an amateur naturalist and photographer, whose collection of photographs was exhibited at The Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland where he encouraged members to collect quality photographs for ethnological purposes.[5]

He married at Olton parish church on 22 January 1903 to Bertha Hasluck, daughter of Sydney Hasluck, of Olton Court.[6]

  1. ^ Lightman, Bernard V.; Zon, Bennett, eds. (2014). "Henry Neville Hutchinson". Evolution and Victorian Culture. Cambridge U. Press. p. 305. ISBN 9781139992305.
  2. ^ "Hutchinson, Rev. H. N." Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. pp. 901–902.
  3. ^ "Obit. Canon Thomas Neville Hutchinson". Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine. Vol. XXX, no. XCI (pages 169–290). 1897. p. 275.
  4. ^ Holland, Arthur William, ed. (1904). "Hutchinson, Henry Neville". Oxford and Cambridge Yearbook. Part II. Cambridge. p. 304.
  5. ^ "Ordinary Meeting. December 6th, 1898". The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 28. London: Trübner & Co.: 249 1899. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 36986. London. 24 January 1903. p. 1.