Frederick William Hackwood FRHS (18 April 1851 – 4 December 1926) was an English teacher, antiquarian, journalist, and prolific non-fiction writer who produced more than 30 books.

[2] Hackwood wrote over 30 non-fiction books, most numerously on the history of the Black Country and West Midlands of England, some of which were produced in editions as small as 25 copies.

[6] Towards the end of his life he wrote a number of popular history books for T. Fisher Unwin such as Old English Sports (1907), Inns, Ales, and Drinking Customs of Old England (1909), and The Good Old Times.

They lived at Comberford Lodge, Bridge Street, Wednesbury, until a fire at a nearby colliery resulted in a move to Handsworth.

[1] In his later years, Hackwood lived near his son at 2 Veronica Road, Balham, south London, where he died on 4 December 1926 at the age of 75.