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
The Western Australian Museum is a statutory authority within the Culture and the Arts Portfolio, established under the ''Museum Act 1969''.
The museum has six main sites. The state museum, now known as WA Museum Boola Bardip, officially re-ope ...
from its beginnings in 1889 until 1914.
Born in
Islington, London
Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ar ...
, to geologist
Samuel Pickworth Woodward, Bernard came to Western Australia in 1889. He is commemorated in the scientific names of several organisms, including the birds ''
Amytornis woodwardi'', ''
Colluricincla woodwardi'', and the tree ''
Eucalyptus woodwardii''.
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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
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