Frederick DuCane Godman

Frederick DuCane Godman DCL FRS FLS FGS FRGS FES FZS MRI FRHS
Born	(1834-01-15)15 January 1834 Godalming, Surrey, England
Died	19 February 1919(1919-02-19) (aged 85) London, England
Resting place	Cowfold, Sussex, England
Alma mater	Eton College (did not graduate) Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	Founding the British Ornithological Union
Spouses	Edith Elwes ​ ​ (m. 1873; died 1875)​ Alice Mary Chaplin ​ (m. 1891)​
Children	2
Awards	Linnean Medal (1918)
Scientific career
Fields	Lepidopterology, entomology, ornithology
Author abbrev. (botany)	Godm.

Frederick DuCane Godman DCL FRS FLS FGS FRGS FES FZS MRI FRHS (15 January 1834 – 19 February 1919) was an English lepidopterist, entomologist and ornithologist. He was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Union. Along with Osbert Salvin, he is remembered for studying the fauna and flora of Central America.

Godman collected Iznik, Hispano-Moresque and early Iranian pottery. His collection of more than 600 pieces was donated to the British Museum through the will of his younger daughter, Catherine, who died in 1982.