Frederick DuCane Godman
Frederick DuCane Godman (born January 15, 1834 in Park Hatch , Surrey , † February 19, 1919 in London ) was a British insect and ornithologist.
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Godman was a co-author of the work Biologia Centrali-Americana (1879-1915). His work also includes The Natural History of the Azores (1870) and Monograph of the Petrels (1907-10).
Godman was educated at Eton College and studied at Trinity College , Cambridge . There he met Alfred Newton and Osbert Salvin , which led to the founding of the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU) in November 1857. Godman became President of the Union in 1896.
In 1882 he was elected as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society . In 1918 he was awarded the Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London .
Honors
The zoologist Oldfield Thomas named several animal species after Frederick DuCane Godman. He gave the dedication names Choeroniscus godmani (1903) to a bat, Antechinus godmani to the Queensland broad-footed mouse and Petrogale godmani to the Godman rock kangaroo . In addition, several bird species or subspecies were named after Godman: Euphonia godmani within the organists (today a subspecies of the bush organist ( Euphonia affinis )), Basileuterus culicivorus godmani , Colinus virginianus godmani and Psittaculirostris desmarestii godmani .
The Godman-Salvin Medal, an important award from the British Ornithologists' Union, is named after him and Osbert Salvin.
supporting documents
- ^ "Godman" In: Bo Beolens, Michael Grayson, Michael Watkins: The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009; Pp. 156-157; ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9 .
- ^ "Godman" In: Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014; o. S.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Godman, Frederick DuCane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British insect and ornithologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Park Hatch , Surrey |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1919 |
| Place of death | London |