Frederick DuCane Godman
| Frederick DuCane Godman FLS, FGS, FRS | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1834 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1919 | ||||||||||
| Residence |
10 Chandos Street [1879] South Lodge, Horsham [1897] | ||||||||||
| Occupation |
lepidopterist entomologist ornithologist | ||||||||||
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proposed 1879.06.15
recommended by W.L. Distant, H. Godwin Austen, 24 June 1879 [A31]
death reported in Report of the Council for 1919
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Frederick DuCane Godman DCL FRS FLS FGS FRGS FES FZS MRI FRHS (15 January 1834 – 19 February 1919) was an English lepidopterist, entomologist and ornithologist. He was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Union. Along with Osbert Salvin, he is remembered for studying the fauna and flora of Central America.
Trustee of British Museum.
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External Publications
Godman, Frederick Du Cane (1870). Natural history of the Azores, or Western Islands. London: J. Van Voorst. Godman, Frederick Ducane; Salvin, Osbert, eds. (1879–1915). Biologica Centrali-Americana (63 volumes). London: R. H. Porter. Godman, Frederick Du Cane (1901). The Godman Collection of Oriental and Spanish Pottery and Glass. 1865-1900. London: Printed for private circulation. OCLC 558743379. Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Keulemans, J G (illustrator) (1907–1910). A Monograph of the Petrels (Order Tubinares) (2 Volumes). London: Witherby & Co. Scans from the Internet archive: Volume 1, Volume 2.
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Godman collected Iznik, Hispano-Moresque and early Iranian pottery. His collection of more than 600 pieces was donated to the British Museum through the will of his younger daughter, Catherine Edith Godman, who died in 1982.[1]
