Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen

Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen

Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (born July 6, 1834 in Teignmouth , † December 2, 1923 ) was an English topographer, geologist and explorer. He was the son of Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen .

In 1851 Godwin-Austen joined the army and then served for many years with the Survey of India , the Indian land surveying agency. In his honor, a glacier at the foot of the K2 in the Karakoram was named " Godwin Austen Glacier ". His name was wrongly used on some maps to denote the mountain itself.

He was also a good draftsman and also painted watercolors. One of his watercolors, The Baltoro Glacier, Karakoram, was auctioned at Christie's in London on September 26, 2007 and fetched £ 6,250 GBP (€ 8,918 EUR). The authenticity is certified by an inscription on the reverse: "Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen 1834-1923 surveyor and discoverer of glaciers in India".

Godwin-Austen was also interested in natural history and published a corresponding book on India. He was also an ornithologist and published the book Birds of Assam , in which he was the first to describe some species of birds.

Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen had the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, was a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), and the Zoological Society of London (FZS), and the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS). He was also a member of the British Ornithologists' Union (MBOU).

Publications

• Land and freshwater Mollusca of India ; including South Arabia, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Nepal, Burmah, Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsular, Ceylon and other islands of the Indian Ocean. Volume I . Publisher: Taylor and Francis London, 1882
• Land and freshwater Mollusca of India P lates to Volume II . Publisher: Taylor and Francis London, 1889-1914
• Land and freshwater Mollusca of India , Volume III , Part I, November 1920. Publisher: Taylor and Francis London, 1920
• William Thomas Blanford † 1905 and Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen: Th e Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Mollusca: Testacellidae and Zonitidae . "Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council." Edited by Lt.-Col. CT Bingham. Publisher: Taylor and Francis, London 1908

literature

The K2 Man (and His Molluscs): The Extraordinary Life of Haversham Godwin-Austen . by Catherine Moorehead (Author), Rob Burns (Illustrator), Rhoda Burns (Illustrator) Publisher: In Pinn Oct. 2013. ISBN 978-1-9060-0058-5

Web links

Commons : Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Literature by and about Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen in the WorldCat bibliographic database