Godfrey Howitt
Botanist, Deceased Person
1800 – 1873
Who was Godfrey Howitt?
Godfrey Howitt, entomologist, was born in Heanor in Derbyshire to Thomas Howitt. Thomas had farmed a few acres of land at Heanor and joined the Society of Friends on his marriage with Phoebe Tantum, a member of the same society, with whom he acquired a considerable fortune.
Godfrey was educated at Mansfield and tutored by his brother William before becoming a doctor at Edinburgh University. He married Phoebe Bakewell the following year, on 6 April 1831, at the Friends' Meeting House in Castle Donington. He practised medicine in Leicester and in Nottingham was honorary physician at both the City Infirmary and the General Hospital.
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- Born
- Oct 8, 1800
Heanor - Siblings
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- Profession
- Education
- University of Edinburgh
- Died
- 1873
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on July 23, 2013
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