Frederick Webb Headley
Frederick Webb Headley (10 April 1856 – 25 November 1919) was an English naturalist and author of books on evolution and Darwinism.[1]
Frederick was the second son of Rev. Henry Headley, of Brinsop Vicarage, Herefordshire. He was educated at Harrow School and the
Haileybury College, Hertfordshire
,
where he remained until shortly before his death following an operation.[2]
He was a member of the British Ornithologists' Union and a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.
Bibliography
- The Structure and Life of Birds, London and New York, Macmillan and Co. (1895)
- Problems of Evolution, London, Duckworth (1900)
- Fauna and Flora of Haileybury, Hartford, Stephen Austin (1902)
- Darwinism and Modern Socialism, London, Methuen (1909)
- The Flight of Birds, London, Witherby & Co. (1912)
- The Country Round Haileybury, Cambridge, University Press (private printing, 1920)
This last title was left unfinished at Headley's death; it was completed for the press by W. Kennedy, who also added a second section on local history and antiquities.
References
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- JSTOR 4073208.
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