Birkhead is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Edith Birkhead Edith Birkhead (1889-1951) was a lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol and a Noble Fellow at the University of Liverpool. She wrote a pioneering work on Gothic literature: ''The Tale of Terror'' (1921). This work described t ...

, lecturer in English Literature at the University of Bristol and a Noble Fellow at the University of Liverpool *

George Birkhead George Birkhead or Birket, alias Hall, Lambton, and Salvin (1553–1614) was an English Roman Catholic priest who served as the archpriest of England from 1608 until his death in 1614. Life He was a native of County Durham. He entered the Engli ...

(died 1614), English Roman Catholic priest, archpriest in England from 1608 *

Harry Birkhead Harry Birkhead (1931-2013) was a South African philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists of South Africa in 1982 and was a Fellow of The Royal Philatelic Society London. He was Honorary Life President of the Philatelic Federa ...

(died 2013), South African philatelist *

Henry Birkhead Henry Birkhead (1617?–1696) was an English academic, lawyer and Latin poet. He is now known as the founder of the Oxford Chair of Poetry. Life Birkhead was born in the parish of St. Gregory, near St. Paul's Cathedral, London. His parents ...

(1617–1696), English academic, lawyer and Latin poet *

Leon Milton Birkhead Rev. Leon Milton Birkhead (April 28, 1885– Dec. 1, 1954) was an American Unitarian minister who founded the Friends of Democracy in 1937 "after two trips to Germany had caused him alarm over the growth of the Nazi movement and what he believed to ...

(1885–1954), American Unitarian minister *

Martin Birkhead Martin Birkhead (died 1590), of Wakefield and York, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Ripon Ripon () is a cathedral city and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at th ...

(died 1590), English politician *

Tim Birkhead Timothy Robert Birkhead One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 1950) is a British ornithologist. He has been Professor of Behaviour and Evolution at the University of Sheffield ...

, Professor of Zoology at the University of Sheffield and author

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