Alice Godman

Not to be confused with Alice Goodman.

Dame
Alice Godman
DBE
Born
Alice Mary Chaplin

24 June 1868
Died3 October 1944(1944-10-03) (aged 76)
SpouseFrederick DuCane Godman (married 1891–1919)
Children2

Dame Alice Mary Godman, DBE (née Chaplin; 24 June 1868 – 3 October 1944) was a British charity worker, serving as Deputy President of the British Red Cross Society.[1] She also had an interest in Girl Guiding and served as County Commissioner for Girl Guides in Sussex.[1][2] Godman was the second wife of Frederick DuCane Godman, a noted naturalist, and accompanied him on expeditions.[1][3]

The extinct Lord Howe Pigeon was described by Gregory Mathews in 1915, using a painting as a guide.[4] At the time, he named it Raperia godmanae for Alice Mary Godman.[5]

In the 1918 New Year Honours, Godman was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) "for services in connection with the War", and thereby granted the title dame.[6][7]

She had two daughters: Eva Mary Godman (1895–1965) and Catherine Edith Godman (1896–1982). Neither married or bore issue.[8]

  1. ^ a b c "Godman, Dame Alice Mary". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U225912.
  2. ^ "Special service for Guiding". West Sussex County Times. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Dame Alice Godman". The Times. No. 49969. 4 October 1944. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Pigeon more information". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (19 March 2020). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-4729-8269-8.
  6. ^ "No. 30460". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 January 1918. pp. 365–367.
  7. ^ "No. 30460". The London Gazette. 19 February 1918. p. 2211.
  8. ^ "Obituary: Frederick DuCane Godman". Ibis. 61 (2): 326–335. 1919. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1919.tb02888.x.