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Oct 08, 1800 Heanor, England, United Kingdom Died on 01 Jan 1873 (aged 72)
British entomologist
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About Godfrey Howitt
- Godfrey Howitt (8 October 1800 – 4 December 1873), 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 graduating from Edinburgh University Medical School with an MD in 1830.
- 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.
