Bernard Henry Woodward

Bernard H. Woodward

Bernard Henry Woodward FGS (31 January 1846 – 14 October 1916) was an English-born Australian museum director and naturalist, associated with the Western Australian Museum from its beginnings in 1889 until 1914. Born in Islington, London, to geologist Samuel Pickworth Woodward, Bernard came to Western Australia in 1889.[1] He is commemorated in the scientific names of several organisms, including the birds Amytornis woodwardi, Colluricincla woodwardi, and the tree Eucalyptus woodwardii.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Crawford, Ian M. (1990). "Woodward, Bernard Henry (1846–1916)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mr B. H. Woodard". The Emu. 16 (3): 197–198. 1916.
  3. ↑ DJ Boland; MIH Brooker; GM Chippendale; N Hall; BPM Hyland; RD Johnston; DA Kleinig; MW McDonald; JD Turner (2006). Forest Trees of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 366–. ISBN 978-0-643-09894-7.

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