H. N. (Henry Neville) Hutchinson

Born in Chester in 1856, he was an Anglican clergyman who also became known as a popular science writer. Sources available here describe him as a leading writer of accessible books on geology, palaeontology, evolution, and anthropology during the 1890s.

His work was aimed at general readers rather than specialists, and he is especially remembered for books that introduced prehistoric life and natural history to a broad audience. Archive records in this conversation confirm his full name, initials, and lifespan, and also show some of the scientific subjects he published on.

He died in 1927. Based on the material I could confirm here, the clearest picture is of a churchman-author who helped make late Victorian science more readable and engaging for the public.