Willoughby Verner, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Willoughby Verner

Soldier, writer and ornithologist

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1852

Date of Death: 25-Jan-1922

Profession: inventor, ornithologist

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Colonel William Willoughby Cole Verner (22 October 1852 – 25 January 1922) was a British soldier, writer and ornithologist and inventor of a type of compass.
He was briefly a Professor of Topography at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
He is remembered for bringing Cueva de la Pileta, a cave filled with prehistoric paintings, to international attention.