Harry Forbes Witherby
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Harry Forbes Witherby, MBE, FZS, MBOU was a British ornithologist, author, publisher and founding editor of the magazine British Birds.
Witherby in 1937
Godman-Salvin Medal
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The Godman-Salvin Medal is a medal of the British Ornithologists' Union awarded "to an individual as a signal honour for distinguished ornithological work." It was instituted in 1919 in the memory of
Harry Forbes Witherby
…significance and the main text was left untouched. He was made an Honorary Fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union in 1928 and was awarded the Godman-Salvin Medal by the BOU in 1937. Witherby's lark (Alaemon hamertoni) was named for him, in 1905, but is now more commonly known as the lesser hoopoe-lark. Two other…
The Godman-Salvin medal was instituted in 1919, the medal was designed by Allan G. Wyon