A History of Embryology is a 1934 book about the history of embryology by the British biochemist, Joseph Needham. In 1959, a revised edition was published.

In 1931, Needham wrote a book called Chemical Embryology. The first four chapters were a detailed treatment of the history of embryology up until c. 1800. Several years later, these chapters grew into and were separately published as Needham's book