﻿FEEDEEICK 
  DUCANE 
  GODMAN, 
  1834—1919. 
  

  

  The 
  death 
  of 
  a 
  ,man 
  who 
  has 
  taken 
  such 
  an 
  active 
  and 
  distinguished 
  part 
  in 
  

   zoology 
  for 
  so 
  many 
  years, 
  is 
  a 
  loss 
  to 
  science, 
  which 
  all 
  who 
  knew 
  him 
  must 
  

   deplore. 
  

  

  Godman 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  January, 
  1834, 
  the 
  third 
  son 
  of 
  Joseph 
  Godman 
  of 
  

   Park 
  Hatch, 
  Godalming, 
  who 
  as 
  a 
  partner 
  in 
  the 
  firm 
  of 
  Whitbread 
  and 
  Co. 
  

   was 
  able 
  to 
  leave 
  him 
  an 
  ample 
  fortune. 
  As 
  a 
  boy 
  at 
  Eton, 
  where 
  he 
  went 
  

   in 
  1844, 
  he 
  was 
  delicate 
  in 
  health, 
  and 
  after 
  three 
  years 
  was 
  removed 
  and 
  

   continued 
  his 
  education 
  under 
  private 
  tutors. 
  Before 
  he 
  went 
  to 
  Cambridge 
  

   he 
  was 
  sent 
  on 
  a 
  tour 
  to 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  and 
  showed 
  his 
  independence 
  

   by 
  refusing 
  to 
  go 
  home 
  with 
  his 
  tutor, 
  who 
  wished 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  England 
  by 
  

   a 
  vessel 
  sailing 
  six 
  hours 
  after 
  their 
  arrival 
  at 
  Constantinople. 
  He 
  made 
  

   the 
  acquaintance 
  of 
  some 
  English 
  travellers, 
  and 
  went 
  on 
  a 
  trip 
  with 
  them 
  

   to 
  the 
  Black 
  Sea 
  and 
  to 
  Sebastopol, 
  about 
  which 
  city 
  he 
  was 
  called 
  on 
  later 
  

   to 
  give 
  some 
  information 
  to 
  the 
  War 
  Office 
  before 
  the 
  Crimean 
  War. 
  He 
  

   returned 
  to 
  the 
  Crimea 
  in 
  a 
  yacht 
  in 
  1855 
  to 
  visit 
  his 
  brother 
  in 
  the 
  

   5th 
  Dragoon 
  Guards 
  — 
  Captain, 
  afterwards 
  General 
  Godman 
  — 
  who 
  was 
  

   serving 
  in 
  the 
  war. 
  He 
  then 
  witnessed 
  the 
  storming 
  of 
  the 
  Bine 
  Pits, 
  

   the 
  capture 
  of 
  the^ 
  Mamelon, 
  and 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  the 
  Allied 
  fleets 
  into 
  

   Besika 
  Bay. 
  

  

  In 
  1858' 
  he 
  entered 
  Trinity 
  College, 
  Cambridge, 
  where 
  he 
  first 
  met 
  Osbert 
  

   Salvin 
  and 
  the 
  late 
  Prof. 
  Edward 
  Newton, 
  of 
  Magdalene 
  College. 
  This 
  

   association 
  was 
  without 
  doubt 
  the 
  main 
  influence 
  which 
  determined 
  his 
  future 
  

   career 
  ; 
  for 
  without 
  it 
  Godman, 
  whose 
  love 
  of 
  sport 
  was 
  as 
  strong 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  

   the 
  sons 
  of 
  most 
  English 
  country 
  gentlemen, 
  might 
  have 
  become, 
  as 
  many 
  do 
  

   under 
  similar 
  conditions, 
  a 
  worthy 
  member 
  of 
  his 
  native 
  county 
  society, 
  a 
  

   master 
  of 
  hounds, 
  a 
  respected 
  magistrate, 
  or 
  even 
  an 
  M.P. 
  But 
  the 
  love 
  of 
  

   Nature 
  which 
  was 
  born 
  in 
  him 
  was 
  guided 
  and 
  increased" 
  by 
  the 
  formation 
  

   whilst 
  he 
  was 
  at 
  Cambridge 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Ornithologists' 
  Union, 
  and 
  by 
  

   close 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  founders 
  ; 
  amongst 
  whom 
  Alfred 
  Newton, 
  

   P. 
  L. 
  Sclater, 
  and 
  Canon 
  Tristram, 
  all 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  society, 
  did 
  much 
  to 
  

   train 
  the 
  young 
  ornithologists 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  to 
  a 
  high 
  standard 
  of 
  accurate 
  

   observation, 
  correct 
  nomenclature, 
  and 
  scientific 
  thoroughness, 
  which 
  has 
  

   always 
  distinguished 
  the 
  ' 
  Ibis 
  ' 
  and 
  its 
  contributors. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  

   ornithology 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  science 
  which 
  can 
  conduce 
  very 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  welfare 
  of 
  

   the 
  world, 
  but 
  Godman's 
  love 
  of 
  natural 
  history 
  was 
  not 
  confined 
  to 
  birds, 
  

   for 
  he 
  also 
  took 
  an 
  active 
  interest 
  in 
  plants 
  and 
  insects, 
  and 
  became 
  President 
  

   of 
  the 
  Eoyal 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  in 
  1892. 
  His 
  Presidential 
  Address 
  in 
  

   1893 
  (' 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Trans.,' 
  1892, 
  vol. 
  46), 
  contains 
  some 
  observations 
  which 
  

   may 
  be 
  profitably 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  inclined 
  to 
  

   minimise 
  the 
  utility 
  of 
  systematic 
  collecting. 
  Boys 
  with 
  a 
  love 
  of 
  nature, 
  

   who 
  possess 
  the 
  hunting 
  instinct 
  which 
  usually 
  accompanies 
  it, 
  habitually 
  

  

  