Background
Frederick was the second son of Review Henry Headley, of Brinsop Vicarage, Herefordshire.
Frederick was the second son of Review Henry Headley, of Brinsop Vicarage, Herefordshire.
He was educated at Harrow School and the University of Cambridge, graduating in 1878, later becoming Assistant Master at Haileybury College, Hertfordshire, where he remained until shortly before his death following an operation.
He was a member of the British Ornithologists" Union and a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London.