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 Samuel Pickworth Woodward (17 September 1821 – 11 July 1865) was an English geologist and malacologist. Biography He was the son of the geologist Samuel Woodward. In 1845, S. P. Woodward became the professor of geology and natural history in ...

, Bernard came to Western Australia in 1889. He is commemorated in the scientific names of several organisms, including the birds ''

Amytornis woodwardi The white-throated grasswren (''Amytornis woodwardi''), also known as Yirlinkirrkirr in the local language, is a species of bird in the family Maluridae. It is endemic to northern Australia, found only in West Arnhem Land, in the Northern Terri ...

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Colluricincla woodwardi The sandstone shrikethrush (''Colluricincla woodwardi'') is a species of bird in the family Pachycephalidae. It is endemic to Australia. Alternate names for the sandstone shrikethrush include the brown-breasted shrike-thrush and sandstone thrush. ...

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Eucalyptus woodwardii ''Eucalyptus woodwardii'', commonly known as lemon-flowered gum and also Woodward's blackbutt, is a small tree or mallee that is endemic to Western Australia. The Noongar name for the tree is Gungurra. Description The tree typically grows to a ...

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* 1846 births 1916 deaths People from Islington (district) Directors of museums in Australia Australian naturalists Australian people of English descent Fellows of the Geological Society of London {{Australia-bio-stub