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Harry Godwin
Born(1901-05-09)9 May 1901
Died12 August 1985(1985-08-12) (aged 84)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forPeat Archives[3]
AwardsPrestwich Medal (1951)
Linnean Medal (1966)[1]
Albrecht-Penck-Medaille (1982)
Fellow of the Royal Society[2]
Scientific career
Notable studentsNick Shackleton

Sir Harry Godwin, FRS[2] (9 May 1901 – 12 August 1985) was a prominent English botanist and ecologist of the 20th century. He is considered to be an influential peatland scientist,[4] who coined the phrase "peat archives" in 1981.[3][5] He had a long association with Clare College, Cambridge.

  1. ^ Linnean nd.
  2. ^ a b West, R. G. (1988). "Harry Godwin. 9 May 1901 – 12 August 1985". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 34: 260–292. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1988.0010. JSTOR 770053. S2CID 128402718.
  3. ^ a b Godwin 1981.
  4. ^ Keddy 2010, p. 70.
  5. ^ Rydin & Jeglum 2014.

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