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Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen
Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen (1834 - 1923), was an English topographer, geologist and surveyor. He was the son of Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen.
He entered the army in 1851, reaching the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and served for many years on the Trigonometrical Survey of India , retiring in 1877. He gave much attention to geology, but is more especially distinguished for his researches on the natural history of India and as the author of The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of India (1882-1887). He was also an ornithologist, writing Birds of Assam (1870-78) and describing a number of birds for the first time, some with Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale.
The Himalayan peak K2 was originally named Mount Godwin-Austen in his honour.
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