Henry Dresser Atkinson

1860–1890)[1] was an Australian clergyman and amateur naturalist, active in Tasmania around the late nineteenth century.

Atkinson lived at Stanley and Evandale, Tasmania, and made collections of specimens around Circular Head.

[3] He was the father of Henry Brune Atkinson (1874–1960), also a clergyman with an interest in natural history, who was borne by his wife Sarah Ann, née Ward, and said to have been wet nursed by Truganini.

), which contained commentary from W. V. Legge; the date of the book is inferred from a reference within the text to the earlier work of Philip Sclater.

[7] Known as a collector of molluscs, he furnished many shells to Julian Tenison-Woods,[8] who named the species Scissurella atkinsoni after him.