| Authorised form of name | Godman; Frederick Du Cane (1834 - 1919); lepidopterist, entomologist, and ornithologist |
| Dates | 1834 - 1919 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Park Hatch, Godalming, Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of birth | 15 January 1834 |
| Place of death | 45 Pont Street, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | 19 February 1919 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Cowfold, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Lepidopterist, entomologist, and ornithologist |
| Research field | Zoology |
| Biology |
| Entomology |
| Ornithology |
| Activity | Education:
Eton College (1844-1847); privately educated at home owing to ill health; Trinity College, Cambridge (1853)
Career:
Inherited a fortune enabling him to travel extensively around the world, developing a passion for natural history (1857-1885); Trustee, British Museum; keen collector of early Iranian pottery, Iznik pottery and Hispano-Moresque ware.
Memberships:
FLS; FGS; MES; ZSL |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 08/06/1882 |
| Age at election | 48 |
| Proposer | Alfred Newton |
| Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen |
| Henry Baker Tristram |
| Joseph Fayrer |
| Robert McLachlan |
| Osbert Salvin |
| William Henry Flower |
| Philip Lutley Sclater |
| George Bentham |
| Albert Gunther |
| Richard Owen |
| Henry Woodward |
| Charles Darwin |
| Relationships | Parents: Joseph Godman and Caroline Smith.
Spouse: 1) Edith Mary, sister of Henry John Elwes (FRS 1897) (she died 1875); 2) Alice Mary, daughter of Major Percy Chaplin |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 41158 |
| OtherInfo | Distinguished by his researches into the Fauna of Central America, the exploration of which he commenced when travelling in that country in the year 1864.
In conjunction with Mr Salvin, he originated the "Biologia Centrali-Americana" which is in course of publication and to which he himself contributes portions relating to the Birds and Lepidoptera.
Promoted the progress of biological science in all its branches.
commemorated in the scientific names of four species of reptiles: Anolis godmani (a synonym of Anolis limifrons), Cerrophidion godmani, Rhadinella godmani, Thamnophis godmani; one amphibian, Godman's tree frog (Tlalocohyla godmani);[20] and a heliconiine butterfly, Heliconius godmani.
One of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Union.
Donated some examples of Islamic pottery to the British Museum during his lifetime and bequeathed to the Museum one of the most extensive private collections of ceramics from the Middle East and Spain. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1919-1920 vol 91 pp i-vi, plate, signed by H J E |
| Code | NA5502 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/9/25 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 14 March 1894 |
| NLB/10/879 | Copy letter from Dr Michael Foster, to Frederick Du Cane Godman and Osbert Salvin, Fellows of the Royal Society | 22 February 1895 |
| NLB/52/501 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Frederick Du Cane Godman Esquire | 3 January 1916 |
| NLB/18/819 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to [F D] Godman | 19 May 1899 |
| NLB/20/401 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Frederick Du Cane Godman, Fellow of the Royal Society | 6 April 1900 |
| NLB/21/277 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Frederick Du Cane Godman, Fellow of the Royal Society, Inchrory Lodge, Banffshire, North Britain | 17 October 1900 |
| NLB/32/124 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 9 January 1906 |
| NLB/35/287 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Frederick Du Cane Godman, Fellow of the Royal Society, Chairman of the Evolution Committee | 13 May 1907 |
| MC/32/107 | Letter from Alice [Mary] Godman, South Lodge, Horsham, to the [Royal Society] | 8 February 1917 |
| NLB/40/811 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to F [Frederick] D [Du Cane] Godman FRS | 30 August 1909 |
| NLB/42/27 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to F [Frederick] D [Du Cane] Godman FRS | 9 March 1910 |
| NLB/42/343 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr F [Frederick] D [Du Cane] Godman FRS | 27 May 1910 |
| NLB/48/424 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [Frederick] Du Cane Godman, Fellow of the Royal Society | 4 July 1913 |
| MC/33/73 | Letter from [Frederick Du Cane] Godman, South Lodge, Horsham, to Sir Alfred [Bray] Kempe, [Royal Society] | 22 August 1918 |
| NLB/56/486 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Messrs Harrison & Sons] | 21 February 1919 |
| NLB/57/242 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to HJ [Henry John] Elwes, Esq. FRS | 25 September 1919 |
| NLB/55/940 | Copy letter from [Joseph John] Thomson, President of the Royal Society; to [Frederick] Du Cane Godman Esq., FRS | 31 October 1918 |
| NLB/65/82 | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, KBE, FRS | 25 July 1923 |
| EC/1882/13 | Godman, Frederick Du Cane: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/57 | New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration | 27 June 1919-27 February 1920 |
| MC/17/202 | Letter from Sydney Hickson, The Owens College, Manchester, to [Michael] Foster, [Secretary of The Royal Society] | 19 December 1898 |
| MC/25/19 | Letter from [William] Bateson, The Manor House, Merton, Surrey, to [Joseph] Larmor, [Royal Society] | 30 November 1910 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |
| MC/31/56 | Letter from [Frederick Du Cane] Godman, South Lodge, Horsham, to the [Royal Society] | 30 December 1915 |
| MC/32/106 | Letter from Alice [Mary] Godman, South Lodge, Horsham, to the [Royal Society] | 4 February 1917 |
| MC/32/108 | Letter from [Frederick Du Cane] Godman, to the Council of the Royal Society | 8 February 1917 |
| MC/22/89 | Letter from Frederick Du Cane Godman, Inchrory Lodge, Tomintoul, Banffshire, North Britain, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison | 1 September 1907 |
| NLB/36/179 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Frederick Du Cane Godman, Fellow of the Royal Society, Inchrory Lodge, Tomintoul, Banffshire, North Britain | 3 September 1907 |
| NLB/54/171 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Frederick du Cane] Godman Esquire, FRS | 23 February 1917 |
| MC/34/55 | Letter from [Henry John] Elwes, The Athenaeum, Pall Mall, S.W.1., to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society] | 28 March 1919 |
| MC/34/54 | Letter from [Henry John] Elwes, Colesborne, Cheltenham, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society] | 14 March 1919 |
| MC/34/92 | Letter from [Sidney Frederic] Harmer, 142 Cromwell Road, S.W.7, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society] | 3 March 1919 |
| MC/22 | Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1907 |