Henry Neville Hutchinson (1856 in

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– 1927) was an Anglican clergyman and, during the 1890s, a leading writer of popular books on geology,

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and

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. Henry Neville Hutchinson was the eldest son of Thomas Neville Hutchinson, an Anglican clergyman and amateur naturalist. H. N. Hutchinson was educated at

Rugby School Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up ...

and

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, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1878. In 1879–1880 he was a student-master at

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. 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 in 1902.

Works

*''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 Richard Lydekker (; 25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915) was an English naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history. Biography Richard Lydekker was born at Tavistock Square in London. His father was Gerard Wolfe Lydekker, ...

) *''The Living Races of Mankind'' By Richard Lydekker, Henry Neville Hutchinson, John Walter Gregory (1985) Mittal Publication
Volume 2
ref> *''The Living Rulers of Mankind'' (1901)

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* * * 1856 births 1927 deaths People educated at Rugby School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests British nature writers English nature writers British naturalists English naturalists English non-fiction writers Fellows of the Geological Society of London Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Fellows of the Zoological Society of London People from Chester English male non-fiction writers {{UK-nonfiction-writer-stub