Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen
English topographer and naturalist (1834–1923) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen FRS FZS FRGS MBOU (6 July 1834 – 2 December 1923), known until 1854 as Henry Haversham Austen, was an English topographer, surveyor, naturalist and geologist.
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Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen | |
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Born | H.H. Austen (1834-07-06)6 July 1834 Newton Abbot, England |
Died | 2 December 1923(1923-12-02) (aged 89) Godalming, England |
Citizenship | British |
Alma mater | Royal Military College, Sandhurst |
Spouses | Kudidje (1858–1860?); Pauline G. Plowden (1861–1871); Jessie Robinson (1881–1913) |
Children | 3 |
Awards | FRS, Founder's Medal of RGS |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Topography, surveying, malacology, ornithology, geology |
Institutions | Trigonometrical Survey of India |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | Godwin-Austen |
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He explored the mountains in the Himalayas and surveyed the glaciers at the base of K2, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen. Geographer Kenneth Mason called Godwin-Austen "probably the greatest mountaineer of his day".[1] He also remains the most important investigator of the terrestrial molluscs of the Indian subcontinent.