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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy, Christine Moje updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000057b.htm person Howitt Godfrey AACR2 8 October 1800 4 December 1873 Place of Birth Heanor, Derbyshire, England Place of Death Caulfield, Victoria, Australia Physician Naturalist Entomologist Botanist Godfrey Howitt migrated to Melbourne with his family in 1840, became associated with the Melbourne Hospital and served on the Council of the University of Melbourne. He was a widely respected botanist and entomologist. Godfrey Howitt is commemorated in species of several genera. Ferdinand von Mueller named the genus Howittia, a native blue flowered mallow, in appreciation of his contributions to botany. Howitt bequeathed to the University his books on botany and entomology, his collection of insects, and funds for scholarships. The insects were subsequently transferred to the National Museum of Victoria on permanent loan. 1830 1830 Education - MD, University of Edinburgh 1840 1840 Life event - Arrived in Port Philip 1847 1847 Career event - Joined Port Philip Medical Association 1848 1848 Career event - Appointed Honorary Physician, Melbourne 1853 1871 Career position - Member of Council, University of Melbourne 1854 1855 Career position - Vice-President, Philosophical Society of Victoria 1855 1855 Taxonomy event - Howittia F.Muell. (1855) "Named in 1855 after Dr. Godfrey Howitt, a physician of Melbourne, interested in botany." Black, J.M.(1926) Flora of Australia 3 p. 378 1859 1868 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Victoria National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

The Museum holds Howitt's insect collections, on permanent loan from the Univertsity of Melbourne

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Member 1859 - 1868

 Philosophical Society of Victoria (1854 - 1855)

Vice-President 1854 - 1855

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Member of Council 1853 - 1871

 Melbourne Hospital (1848 - 1935)

Appointed Honorary Physician 1848

 Howitt, Alfred William (1830 - 1908)

Godfrey Howitt was the uncle of Alfred Howitt

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 Howitt, Godfrey (1800-1873)

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 'Howitt, Godfrey', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Howitt, Godfrey Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Howitt, Godfrey (1800-1873), physician and natural scientist Walker, Mary Hoitt Howitt, Godfrey (1800-1873), physician and natural scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 435-436 Journal Article: The Howitts in Australia Howitt, M. E. B. The Howitts in Australia 1913 Victorian Historical Magazine 3 1 1-24 Book: Collections of a century: the history of the first hundred years of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne Pescott, R. T. M. Collections of a century: the history of the first hundred years of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne Melbourne National Museum of Victoria 1954 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Godfrey Howitt - Records Private hands (Walker, M.H.) Godfrey Howitt - Records 1800 - 1873 Howitt family letters c1800-73. These materials are no longer with the Howitt family. Any records that were held by Mary Howitt Walker have been transferred to the La Trobe Library, State Library of Victoria. Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes