Frederick DuCane Godman
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Frederick DuCane Godman DCL FRS FLS FGS FRGS FES FZS MRI FRHS was an English lepidopterist, entomologist and ornithologist. He was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Uni
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Godman as a young man
Portrait of Frederick Du Cane Godman, c. 1909, by Leon Sprinck
The Godman-Salvin medal was instituted in 1919, the medal was designed by Allan G. Wyon
Henry Walter Bates
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Henry Walter Bates was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests of the Amazon with Alfre
Frederick DuCane Godman
…including Richard Bowdler Sharpe and George Charles Champion. The associated collection was also enormous and included collections made by others such as Henry Walter Bates that were purchased. Godman and Salvin also collected numerous bird and butterfly specimens. These were presented to the British Museum in 1885, including…
Henry Walter Bates
Plate from Bates's 1862 paper "Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley: Heliconiidae"
Bates's grave in East Finchley Cemetery