Henry Neville Hutchinson
Henry Neville Hutchinson FRGS (1856 in Chester – 1927) was an Anglican clergyman and, during the 1890s, a leading writer of popular books on geology, palaeontology, evolution and anthropology. The eldest son of Thomas Neville Hutchinson, an Anglican clergyman and amateur naturalist. Hutchinson was educated at Rugby School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1878.
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Henry Neville Hutchinson

Henry Neville Hutchinson, John Walter Gregory, Richard Lydekker · The living races of mankind: a popular illustrated account of the customs (1902) Internet Archive · Public domain
- Born
- Henry Neville Hutchinson was born in 1856. · Chester.
- Died
- Henry Neville Hutchinson died in 1927.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- writer, naturalist and photographer.
- Fields
- natural science, geology, paleontology and anthropology.
- Education
- St John's College and Rugby School.
- Honours
- Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Fellow of the Geological Society of London and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
- Languages
- English.
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Henry Neville Hutchinson FRGS (1856 in Chester – 1927) was an Anglican clergyman and, during the 1890s, a leading writer of popular books on geology, palaeontology, evolution and anthropology. The eldest son of Thomas Neville Hutchinson, an Anglican clergyman and amateur naturalist. Hutchinson was educated at Rugby School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1878.
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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. He married at Olton parish church on 22 January 1903 to Bertha Hasluck, daughter of Sydney Hasluck, of Olton Court.
Henry Neville Hutchinson studied at St John's College and Rugby School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is natural science, geology and paleontology. Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Fellow of the Geological Society of London and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
• Autobiography of the Earth (1890) • The Story of the Hills (1891) • Extinct Monsters (1892) • Creatures of Other Days (1894) • Prehistoric Man and Beast (1896) • Descriptive Lecture on Pre-historic Man in Britain and Europe (1896) • Marriage Customs in Many Lands (1897) • Primæval Scenes (1899) • The living races of mankind: a popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts and ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world (1900) (with John Walter Gregory and Richard Lydekker) • The Living Races of Mankind By Richard Lydekker, Henry Neville Hutchinson, John Walter Gregory (1985) Mittal Publications Volume 2 • The Living Rulers of Mankind (1901)
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1856
Henry Neville Hutchinson was born on 1 January 1856.
1927
Henry Neville Hutchinson died on 1 January 1927.
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Henry Neville Hutchinson was born at Chester.
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