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monograph, and with this end in view some forty coloured 

 phates l)y ]Mr. Keulemans had been executed. Securing 

 the lielp of the late Dr. Sharpe, Godman issued in parts 

 between 1907 and 1910 this work, which added much to 

 our knowledge and gave a great stimulus to the study 

 of this little-known group. 



Botany and horticulture were always favourite subjects 

 with Godman. and at his country house near Horsham he 

 had formed one of the most beautiful gardens in Sussex, and 

 had one of the best collections in England of rhododendrons, 

 alpine plants, and orchids. He also formed what is one of 

 the finest collections of Persian and Oriental glazed pottery. 



From his early days Godman exhibited an intense love of 

 sport, which showed itself in the varied pursuits of hunting, 

 fishing, shooting, and stalking. As a boy he kept a pack of 

 beagles, and later on a pack of harriers, with which he hunted 

 in the counties of Surrey and Sussex. He was also a con- 

 stant follower of Lord Leconfield's hounds, and of those of 

 his brother Col. C. B. Godman, for some years Master of the 

 Crawley and Horsham pack. For many years he rented 

 deer-forests in Scotland, and held Glenavon from the Duke 

 of Richmond for eighteen years. He was also devoted 

 to salmon-fishing, and rented rivers both in Ireland and 

 Scotland. 



Many honours fell to Godman. He was elected to the 

 Royal Society in ISSl^. He was for many years Vice- 

 President and Member of Council of the Zoological Society, 

 Fresident of the Ihitomological Society, Gold Medallist 

 of the Linnean Society in 1918, and Trustee of the British 

 Museum ; and the University of Oxford conferred on him 

 the honorary degree of D.C.L. He was also a Fellow of 

 the Linnean, Geological, and Royal Geographical Societies. 



Godman was a fine exauiple of an English scientific 

 country gentleman. He was devoted to open-air life, sport 

 and travel, and he resolved to use his natural inclination 

 and his large private means to the permanent advance of 

 knowledge. His cheerful and kindly disposition made h.im 

 universally beloved. 



