Henry William Burrows

{{Short description|English palaeontologist}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Henry William Burrows

| birth_date = 1858

| death_date = 1939

| nationality = English

| occupation = Architect, Amateur Palaeontologist

| known_for = Founder of the Malacological Society of London, Contributions to Tertiary fossils

| notable_works =

| awards = Honorary Member of the Malacological Society of London (1932)

}}

Henry William Burrows (1858–1939)

was an English architect and amateur palaeontologist, who 'devoted his leisure to Tertiary fossils'. Burrows was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society in 1900.{{Cite web|url=http://geolsocarchives.org.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=GSL/POR/48/34-01|title=GSL/POR/48/34-01 Portrait of Henry William BURROWS|website=geolsocarchives.org.uk}} He was one of the founders of the Malacological Society of London in 1893, and was elected an honorary member in 1932.{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064395|title=Henry William Burrows|date=6 December 1940|journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies|doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064395 }}