He was born at
Broadhembury in
Devon, the son of the Rev. William Heberden. He was educated at
Harrow School and
Balliol College, Oxford, from 1868, where he was a contemporary of
Benjamin Jowett. Heberden edited a book on the history of Brasenose College, published in 1909. He funded a
Harrow Scholarship for Brasenose College in 1916 and an Organ Scholarship in 1921 at his death. He also left £1,000 to the university, which was used for the Coin Room at the
Ashmolean Museum. He was on the governing body of
Abingdon School from 1914 to 1921. Heberden is buried in
Holywell Cemetery,
Oxford. ==References==