326 Obituary. [Ibis, 



X.Nin.— OhHuarii. 



Frederick DuC.ane Godman. 



(Plate VI.) 



It is with the deepest regret that we have to record the 

 death of our late President, Mr. Godman, on the 19th of 

 February last, after a short illness, at his house in Pont 

 Street. Though for some years past he has not been in 

 robust health, his magnificent constitution has brought him 

 through several very severe attacks, and his death will be a 

 great shock to his many friends. 



Fred Godman, except for his younger brother Percy 

 Godman, was the last survivor of the original twenty 

 Members who formed oui- Union in 1858 ; a list of these 

 names, drawn up in the handwriting of Prof. NcAvton, will 

 be found reproduced opposite p. 21 of the Jubilee Supple- 

 ment of 'The Ibis,' published in 1908. In addition to this 

 Fred Godman served as Honorary Secretary and Treasurer 

 of the Union from 1870 to 1882, and again from 1889 to 

 1897. In the latter year he was elected President to succeed 

 Lord Lilford, and continued to hold oiiice until 1913, when 

 he resigned owing to ill-health. 



Godman was born on the 15th of January, 1834, and was 

 therefore in his 86th year when he died. His father was 

 Joseph Godman of Park Hatch, near Godalming. He 

 was educated at Eton, where he went at the age of ten, 

 but on account of his delicate health, was removed three 

 years later and continued his studies under private tutors. 

 Before going to Cambridge he went for a tour in the Medi- 

 terranean and Black Sea, at which time he emulated Byron 

 and Leander by swimming across the Hellespont from 

 Sestos to Abydos. In 1853 he entered Trinity College, 

 Cambridge, where he first met Osbert Salvin, at that time 

 a scholar of Trinity Hall, and the brothers Alfred and 

 F^dward Newton, both of Magdalene College. His friend- 

 ship with Salvin turned his thoughts more directly to 

 Katural History, and thus was formed a unique scientific 



