About William Houghton
Lived 1828 – 1895 (aged 66–67). William Houghton was a naturalist, writer and biologist.
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 Linnean Society of London. To produce his major work, Houghton studied fish specimens at the British Museum.
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English naturalist and clergyman (1828–1895)
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William Houghton was born in 1828.
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William Houghton died in 1895.
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William Houghton was a naturalist, writer and biologist.
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