Frederick Wollaston Hutton (1836 1905) was a geologist and a supporter of Darwinian theory. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1866, became Professor of Biology at Canterbury College, and won awards both in Britain and Australasia for his work on the natural history of New Zealand. He published scientific papers on biology and zoology as well as geology and, with James Drummond, wrote two popular works, Nature in New Zealand (1902) and The Animals of New Zealand (1904). The latter was extremely successful. It was revised and expanded the following year, and this fourth edition was published in...
Frederick Wollaston Hutton (1836 1905) was a geologist and a supporter of Darwinian theory. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1866, became Professor of B...