Godman, Frederick Du Cane, 1834-1919

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Name (Latin)
Godman, Frederick Du Cane, 1834-1919
Other forms of name
Godman, F. Ducane (Frederick Du Cane), 1834-1919
Date of birth
1834-01-15
Date of death
1919-02-19
Gender
male
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 67246070
Wikidata: Q494264
Library of congress: n 87825959
HAI10: 000695820
Sources of Information
  • LCCN 06-7171: His Natural history of the Azores, 1870(hdg.: Godman, Frederick Du Cane, 1834-1919; usage: Frederick Du Cane Godman)
  • LC data base, 4-20-87(hdg.: Godman, Frederick Ducane, 1834-1919; variant: F. Ducane Godman)
  • Biologia Centrali-Americana. Pisces, 1906-1908:cover (F. Du Cane Godman)
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Wikipedia description:

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. 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, who died in 1982.

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