Henry Whitely (18 June 1844, Woolwich - 11 July 1892 (or 1893),[1] British Guiana) was an English naturalist and explorer.
He made his first expedition to Japan in 1864, and the ornithological results were published in the Ibis.
Besides bird skins he also made large collections of insects, chiefly Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, among which were many new species.
According to the Georgetown Daily Chronicle of July 30, 1892, Whitely died in his camp on the Annie Scapy River.
According to an Indian companion who reported the incident to the authorities in Bartica, he was in a state of delirium from malaria and also depressed by the loss of his bird hunting haul when his boat sank.