Name William Houghton Role Author | Died 1895 | |
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Books British Fresh-water Fishes, Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children | ||
The Reverend William Houghton (1828–1895) was an English naturalist and clergyman, noted for being the author of British Fresh-Water Fishes.
Life
Houghton was rector of Preston on the Weald Moors in Shropshire. A serious naturalist, he became a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London. To produce his major work, Houghton studied fish specimens at the British Museum.
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