Frederick Webb Headley (10 April 1856 – 25 November 1919) was an English naturalist and author of books on

evolution Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...

and Darwinism. Frederick was the second son of Rev. Henry Headley, of Brinsop Vicarage,

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. He was educated at Harrow School and the

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, graduating in 1878, later becoming Assistant Master at

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, Hertfordshire, where he remained until shortly before his death following an operation. He was a member of the British Ornithologists' Union and a Fellow of the

Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. It was founded in 1826. Since 1828, it has maintained the London Zoo, and since 1931 Whipsnade Park. History On 29 ...

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Headley, Frederick Webb 1856 births 1919 deaths English naturalists 19th-century English writers 20th-century British writers People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge English zoologists Fellows of the Zoological Society of London English ornithologists