Eric John Godley

Eric John Godley
Born	10 April 1919(1919-04-10) Devonport
Died	27 May 2010(2010-05-27) (aged 91)
Residence	Christchurch
Fields	botany, biography
Notable awards	OBE,

Eric John Godley (10 May 1919 – 27 June 2010^[1]) BSc, MSc (NZ), PhD (Cantab.), OBE,^[2] FRSNZ, Hon FLS, Hon DSc (Cantuar.), AHRNZIH was a New Zealand botanist and academic biographer. He is best known for his long-running series of in the popular magazine New Zealand Gardener and his "Biographical notes" series that ran in the New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter and which is the prime resource on the lives of many New Zealand botanists.

Born in the Auckland suburb or Devonport to parents Rupert and Louise E. Godley, Godley grew up in Auckland and did his BSc at MSc at Auckland University College, followed by service in World War II and a PhD at Cambridge in cytology and genetics under Ronald Fisher. He returned to lecture at Auckland before moving to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research at Lincoln, rising to Director of the Botany Division 1958-1981. His work included three trips to the New Zealand sub-antarctic islands on three occasions, including the Antipodes Islands, the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. These islands and the geographically separated flora and fauna are botanically important as studies in dispersion and evolution of plants and animals.

1 Awards and honours
2 Bibliography
3 References

Awards and honours

1974 Leonard Cockayne Memorial Lecture of the Royal Society of New Zealand^[3]
1986 Hutton Medal of the Royal Society of New Zealand^[4]

1990 OBE For services to Botany

Bibliography

Misc

John Dawson 1988. Forest Vines to Snow Tussocks: The Story of New Zealand Plants. Foreword by Godley EJ^[5]

Scientific papers

Godley EJ 1945. Blood group frequencies in New Zealand and Maori soldiers. Annals of Eugenics 13: 99–101. Full text
Godley EJ 1948a. Research on New Zealand plants. Quarterly Newsletter, Auckland Botanical Society 6: 5–8. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9
Godley EJ 1948b. Trends in botanical research in New Zealand. Auckland University College Field Club Record 1: 1–8. Full text
Godley EJ 1949. Cytology and genetics and their application to New Zealand plants. Tuatara 2: 109–115. Full text
Godley EJ, Stavely JM 1950. Blood-group frequencies in Auckland, New Zealand. Nature 165: 574. Full text
Godley EJ 1951a. Evolution. New Zealand Science Review 9: 172–177.
Godley EJ 1951b. The Lysenko affair. Here and Now 2 (1): 22–24.
Godley EJ 1951c. Two natural Agropyron hybrids occurring in the British Isles. Annals of Botany 15: 535–545.
Godley EJ 1952. Survival of the fittest. The New Zealand Listener 27 (695): 8.
Godley EJ 1955a. Breeding systems in New Zealand plants: 1. Fuchsia. Annals of Botany 19: 549–559. full text
Godley EJ 1955b. Monoecy and incompatibility. Nature 176: 1176–1177. Full text
Godley EJ 1957a. Notes on Mendel’s experiments in heredity. New Zealand School Science 11: 24–35.
Godley EJ 1957b. Unisexual flowers in the] Ericales. Nature 180: 284–285. full text
Godley EJ 1959a. Problems of the origins of species. New Zealand Science Review 17: 78–83.
Godley EJ 1959b. Some impressions of a botanist in South America. Journal of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture 3: 210–214.
Godley EJ 1960a. A note on Archibald Menzies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 88: 63–64.
Godley EJ 1960b. The botany of southern Chile in relation to New Zealand and the Subantarctic. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 152: 457–475. full text
Godley EJ 1961a. Fauna and flora. In: Sinclair K ed. Distance looks our way: the effects of remoteness on New Zealand. Hamilton, Paul’s Book Arcade for the University of Auckland. Pp. 1–14.
Godley EJ 1961b. A big event in botany. Book review. Flora of New Zealand Volume 1 indigenous tracheophyta by H.H. Allan. The New Zealand Listener 45 (1154): 39.
Godley EJ 1962a. New Zealand ‘alpines’. Book review. Rock garden plants of the Southern Alps by W.R. Philipson and D. Hearn. The New Zealand Listener 47 (1207): 18.
Godley EJ 1962b. Flower biology. Book review. The story of pollination by Professor B.J.D. Meeuse. New Zealand Science Review 20: 57.
Godley EJ 1963a. Notes on Mendel’s experiments in heredity. [Modified from Godley 1957a]. In: Miller RM, Harris BMB, Harris RMD, Heather BD. Biology for sixth forms: selected New Zealand topics. Otahuhu, Teach and Test Publications. Pp. 391–395.
Godley EJ 1963b. Breeding systems in New Zealand plants: 2. Genetics of the sex forms in Fuchsia procumbens. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1: 48–52. full text
Godley EJ 1963c. The Royal Society expedition to Southern Chile: botanists’ itinerary. New Zealand Journal of Botany 1: 316–324. full text
Godley EJ 1963d. Native vegetation. Book review. Trees and shrubs of New Zealand by A.L. Poole and N.M. Adams. The New Zealand Listener 49 (1259): 18.
Godley EJ 1964a. Contributions to the plant geography of Southern Chile. Revista Universitaria (Universidad Catolica de Chile) 48: 31–39.
Godley EJ 1964b. Botanist with camera. Book review. New Zealand flowers and plants in colour by J.T. Salmon. The New Zealand Listener 50 (1289): 19.
Godley EJ 1964c. Breeding systems in New Zealand plants: 3. Sex ratios in some natural populations. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2: 205–212. full text
Godley EJ ed. 1964d. Plants of New Zealand. Laing RM, Blackwell EW. 7th edition. Christchurch, Whitcombe & Tombs. 500 p.
Godley EJ 1965a. Notes on the vegetation of the Auckland Islands. Proceedings of the New Zealand Ecological Society 12: 57–63. full text
Godley EJ 1965b. Botany of the Southern Zone: exploration to 1843. Tuatara 13: 140–181. full text
Godley EJ 1966a. New Zealand alpines. Book review. Mountain flowers of New Zealand by N.M. Adams. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 247.
Godley EJ 1966b. Breeding systems in New Zealand plants: 4. Self-sterility in Pentachondra pumila. New Zealand Journal of Botany 4: 249–254. full text
Godley EJ, West KR 1966. Trees and shrubs near Park Headquarters. Pamphlet prepared for Tongariro National Park Board.
Godley EJ 1967a. Widely distributed species, land bridges and continental drift. Nature 214: 74–75. full text
Godley EJ 1967b. A century of botany in Canterbury. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, General 1: 243–266.
Godley EJ 1967c. Indigenous vegetation in an Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 5: 166–167.
Godley EJ ed. 1967d. New Zealand plants and their story. Cockayne L. 4th edition. Wellington, Government Printer. 269 p.
Godley EJ 1967e. Book review. The lichens and mosses of MacRobertson Land by Rex B. Filson. Antarctic 4: 532–533.
Godley EJ 1968a. The fruit of Pittosporum pimeleoides. New Zealand Journal of Botany 6: 118–119.
Godley EJ 1968b. A plant list from the Cordillera de San Pedro, Chiloe. Revista Universitaria (Universidad Catolica de Chile) 53: 65–77. Sykes WR, Godley EJ 1968. Transoceanic dispersal in Sophora and other genera. Nature 218: 495–496.
Godley EJ 1969. Additions and corrections to the Flora of the Auckland and Campbell Islands. New Zealand Journal of Botany 7: 336–348.
Harvey NB, Godley EJ 1969. New Zealand botanical paintings. Christchurch, Whitcombe & Tombs. 87 p.
Godley EJ 1970. Botany of the Southern Zone exploration, 1847–1891. Tuatara 18: 49–93. full text
Godley EJ 1971. The fruit of Vitex lucens (Verbenaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 9: 561–568. full text
Godley EJ 1972a. Does planting achieve its purpose? Forest and Bird 185: 25–26.
Godley EJ 1972b. When Joseph Banks was learning his craft. Book review. Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador 1766: his diary, manuscripts and collections by A.M. Lysaght. The Christchurch Press 18 March 1972: 10.
Markham KR, Godley EJ 1972. Chemotaxonomic studies in Sophora: 1. An evaluation of Sophora microphylla Ait. New Zealand Journal of Botany 10: 627–640.
Godley EJ, Moar NT 1973. Vegetation and pollen analysis of two bogs on Chiloe. New Zealand Journal of Botany 11: 255–268.
Godley EJ 1975a. Flora and vegetation. In: Kuschel G ed. Biogeography and ecology in New Zealand. The Hague, Junk. Pp. 177–229.
Godley EJ 1975b. Kowhais. New Zealand Nature Heritage 5 (65): 1804–1806.
Godley EJ 1975c. Report on the activities of the Adams Island party of the 1966 Auckland Islands expedition. In: Yaldwyn JC ed. Preliminary results of the Auckland Islands expedition 1972–1973. Wellington, Department of Lands and Survey. Pp. 370–376.
Godley EJ 1975d. Notes on the vegetation of the Auckland Islands. In: Yaldwyn JC ed. Preliminary results of the Auckland Islands expedition 1972–1973. Wellington, Department of Lands and Survey. Pp. 417–420.
Rickwood PC, Godley EJ 1975. Proposed names in the Carnley area, Auckland Islands. In: Yaldwyn JC ed. Preliminary results of the Auckland Islands expedition 1972–1973. Wellington, Department of Lands and Survey. Pp. 376–380.
Godley EJ 1976a. Flora. In: Wards I ed. New Zealand atlas. Wellington, Government Printer. Pp. 108–111.
Godley EJ 1976b. Sex ratio in Clematis gentianoides DC. New Zealand Journal of Botany 14: 299–306.
Godley EJ 1977. Imbricate sepals in Clematis. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15: 775–776.
Godley EJ, Smith DH 1977. Kowhais and their flowering. Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Annual Journal 5: 24–31.
Godley EJ 1978. Cushion bogs. In: Troll C, Lauer W eds. Geoecological relations between the southern temperate zone and the tropical mountains. Erdwissenschaftliche Forschung 11. Pp. 141–158.
Godley EJ 1979a. The 1907 expedition to the Auckland and Campbell Islands, and an unpublished report by B.C. Aston. Tuatara 23: 133–158. full text
Godley EJ 1979b. Leonard Cockayne and evolution. New Zealand Journal of Botany 17: 197–215.
Godley EJ 1979c. Flower biology in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 17: 441–466.
Godley EJ 1980a. Book review. Vegetation of Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand by A.F. Mark. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 3: 168–169.
Godley EJ 1980b. Unilocular anthers in the Carmichaelieae (Papilionaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 18: 449–450.
Godley EJ 1980c. The first fifty years: 1928–1978 systematic botanist to Botany Division. In: Botany Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Triennial Report 1976–1978. Christchurch, The Caxton Press. Pp. 5–16.
Godley EJ 1981a. Book review. The botany of Auckland: a book for all seasons by L.M. Cranwell. Canterbury Botanical Society Journal 15: 65–68.
Godley EJ, Smith DH 1981. Breeding systems in New Zealand plants: 5. Pseudowintera colorata (Winteraceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 19: 151–156.
Godley EJ 1982. Breeding systems in New Zealand plants: 6. Gentiana antarctica and G. antipoda. New Zealand Journal of Botany 20: 405–420.
Godley EJ 1983a. Does planting achieve its purpose? [Reprinted from Godley 1972]. In: Evans B. New Zealand Journal of Botany 11 Revegetation manual: a guide to revegetation using New Zealand native plants. Wellington, Queen Elizabeth II National Trust. Pp. 102–103.
Godley EJ 1983b. Plants of New Zealand. In: Carr DJ ed. Sydney Parkinson, artist of Cook’s Endeavour voyage. Wellington, Nova Pacifica in association with British Museum (Natural History) and Australian National University Press; Canberra, British Museum (Natural History) in association with Australian National University Press; London, British Museum (Natural History) in association with Croom Helm Ltd. Pp. 108–127.
Godley EJ 1983c. The fruit in Ackama, Caldcluvia, and Weinmannia (Cunoniaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 21: 455–456.
Godley EJ 1983d. Book review. Eagle’s trees and shrubs of New Zealand. Second series. New Zealand Journal of Botany 21: 463–464.
Godley EJ 1984. Eliza Amy Hodgson Hon. D.Sc. (Massey) F.L.S. (1888–1983). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 112: 19–25.
Godley EJ 1985a. James Dall (1840–1912) and the discovery of Pittosporum dallii. National Museum of New Zealand Records 3: 1–12.
Godley EJ 1985b. A visit to the Auckland Islands in the summer of 1962–63. Tuatara 28: 1–13. full text
Godley EJ 1985c. Paths to maturity. New Zealand Journal of Botany 23: 687–706.
Godley EJ 1986. Spread of Olearia lyallii, Auckland Islands September 1978. In: Penniket A, Garrick A, Breese E eds. Preliminary reports of expeditions to the Auckland Islands Nature Reserve 1973–1984. Wellington, Department of Lands and Survey. Pp. 100–101.
Godley EJ 1988. Lucy Beatrice Moore MBE, MSc, DSc (Cantuar), FLS (1906–1987). Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 116: 44–60.
Godley EJ 1989a. Origin of the name Olearia. New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 16: 11–12.
Godley EJ 1989b. The flora of Antipodes Island. New Zealand Journal of Botany 27: 531–563.
Godley EJ 1989c. The supposed Easter Island Sophora in Christchurch, New Zealand. Botanic Garden Conservation News 1 (4): 37–38.
Godley EJ 1989d. Book review. Flora of New Zealand: desmids, volume II by H. Croasdale and E.A. Flint. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 19: 343–344.
Godley EJ 1990. Book review. Flora of New Zealand, volume 4, naturalised pteridophytes, gymnosperms, dicotyledons by C.J. Webb, W.R. Sykes, and P.J. Garnock-Jones. Horticulture in New Zealand 1: 24.
Godley EJ 1993. Owen Edward Gibson (1928–1978). New Zealand Native Orchid Group Journal 48: 8–15.
Godley EJ, Berry PE 1995. The biology and systematics of Fuchsia in the South Pacific. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82: 473–516.
Godley EJ 1997. Further notes on the origin of plant names. New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 49: 14–16.
Godley EJ 1998. A summing up: E.F.L. Raoul’s contribution to Canterbury and New Zealand botany. In: Burrows CJ ed. Etienne Raoul and Canterbury botany 1840–1996. A Canterbury Botanical Society special publication. Christchurch, Manuka Press. Pp. 123–126.
Godley EJ, Reynolds K 1998. The natural populations of Fuchsia procumbens. In: Ecosystems, entomology and plants. Proceedings of a symposium held at Lincoln University to mark the retirement of Bryony Macmillan, John Dugdale and Brian Molloy. The Royal Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series 48: 127–143.
Godley EJ, Thomson AD 2000. Laurie Henry Millener MSc (NZ), PhD (Cantab), FRNZIH. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 55: 24–28.
Godley EJ 2001. Some further tricky names. New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 66: 12–13.
Norton DR, Godley EJ, Heenan PB, Ladley JJ 2002. Germination of Sophora seeds after prolonged storage. New Zealand Journal of Botany 40: 389–396.
Godley EJ 2004a. Geoff’s early days in Auckland. In: Celebration of the life and achievements of Geoff Baylis, FRSNZ, 27 March 2004. New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 76: 9–10.
Godley EJ 2004b. Seed-set in some native legumes. Canterbury Botanical Society Journal 38: 83–86.
Godley EJ 2006. A botanist’s notebook. Christchurch, Manuka Press. 235 p.
Godley EJ 2007. Abstract. A.F.W. Schimper and T.F. Cheeseman, biogeographers of the southern cold temperate zone. New Zealand Journal of Botany 45: 287–288.
Godley EJ 2009. Rangitoto remembered at ninety. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 64: 169–171.
Godley EJ 2010. Reminiscences of a neo-Darwinian. In: Galloway DJ, Timmins J eds. Aspects of Darwin: a New Zealand celebration. Hewitson Library Occasional Monograph 1. Pp. 10–19.
Godley EJ, Molloy BPJ, Grove PB 2011 in press. Sophora (Fabaceae) in the lower Waimakariri catchment, eastern South Island, New Zealand. Canterbury Botanical Society Journal.

Botanist’s notebook series in The New Zealand Gardener

Godley EJ 1978a. Fifty years of botany. The New Zealand Gardener (September–October): 37.
Godley EJ 1978b. Kowhais and Colenso. The New Zealand Gardener (October): 13.
Godley EJ 1978c. A botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (November): 25.
Godley EJ 1978d. The Christmas tree. The New Zealand Gardener (December): 58.
Godley EJ 1979a. Kamahi, towai and tineo. The New Zealand Gardener (January): 23.
Godley EJ 1979b. Legume and follicle. A botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (February): 11.
Godley EJ 1979c. The seasons. A botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (March): 45.
Godley EJ 1979d. Horses and cabbage trees. A botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (April): 22.
Godley EJ 1979e. Some rare families. A botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (May): 17.
Godley EJ 1979f. Native flowers in winter. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (June): 39.
Godley EJ 1979g. The five-finger flowers. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (July): 43–44.
Godley EJ 1979h. Cantankerous kowhai. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (August): 43.
Godley EJ 1979i. Birds and the kaka-beak. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (September): 53–54.
Godley EJ 1979j. Our tree-fuchsia. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (October): 61.
Godley EJ 1979k. Flowering in pohutukawas. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (November): 47.
Godley EJ 1980a. A native convolvulus. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (January–February): 11.
Godley EJ 1980b. Captaincookia. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (March): 14–15.
Godley EJ 1980c. Flowers of the beech forest. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (April): 27.
Godley EJ 1980d. Puriri seeds. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (May): 21.
Godley EJ 1980e. A rare plant in Akaroa. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (June): 17.
Godley EJ 1980f. A new Flora. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (July): 31–32.
Godley EJ 1980g. A Chilean nut tree. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (August): 39.
Godley EJ 1980h. The mangrove. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (September): 18.
Godley EJ 1980i. Our most primitive flowering plants. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (October): 20.
Godley EJ 1980j. Giant gunneras. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (November): 37.
Godley EJ 1980k. Plants of the Manawatu. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (December): 35.
Godley EJ 1981a. The way we used to be. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (January–February): 19.
Godley EJ 1981b. Flower birds. The botanist. The New Zealand Gardener (March): 23–24.
Godley EJ 1981c. Birds, seeds, and fruits. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (April): 48–49.
Godley EJ 1981d. Flower buds in winter. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (May): 18–19.
Godley EJ 1981e. Puka – male or female? Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (June): 22–23.
Godley EJ 1981f. Flowers after snow. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (July): 44.
Godley EJ 1981g. New Zealand and its South American relations. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (August): 12–13.
Godley EJ 1981h. Flower signals. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (September): 9.
Godley EJ 1981i. Juvenile seven-finger could come inside. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (October): 13.
Godley EJ 1981j. What’s in a name? Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (November): 28.
Godley EJ 1981k. Parkinson’s rata. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (December): 13.
Godley EJ 1982a. Chile’s honey-palm. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (January–February): 25.
Godley EJ 1982b. Alpine flowers on Mount Haast. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (March): 22.
Godley EJ 1982c. Titoki seedlings: how do they differ? Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (April): 23.
Godley EJ 1982d. The kowhai and its pod. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (May): 30.
Godley EJ 1982e. ‘The Botany of Auckland.’ Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (June): 18.
Godley EJ 1982f. Gorse: our friend and enemy. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (July): 13.
Godley EJ 1982g. A New Zealander on the Falkland Islands. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener (August): 6.
Godley EJ 1982h. New chums from Australia. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (1): 39.
Godley EJ 1982i. Why change plant names? Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (2): 20.
Godley EJ 1982j. Kohekohe – a tropical outlier. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (3): 38.
Godley EJ 1982k. Mistletoes at Christmas. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (4): 32.
Godley EJ 1983a. Our largest cotyledons. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (5): 29.
Godley EJ 1983b. An unusual December. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (6): 22.
Godley EJ 1983c. A national identification service. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (7): 29.
Godley EJ 1983d. A glance at capsules. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (8): 9.
Godley EJ 1983e. Surviving winter. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (9): 6.
Godley EJ 1983f. Galls on kowhais. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (10): 21.
Godley EJ 1983g. The Tahitian fuchsia. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 39 (11): 24.
Godley EJ 1983h. Native bees. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 40 (1): 10.
Godley EJ 1983i. Troublesome vines. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 40 (2): 17.
Godley EJ 1983j. Roadside flowers. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 40 (3): 18.
Godley EJ 1983k. Native orchids – a fascinating study. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 40 (4): 21.
Godley EJ 1984a. What is ‘Gnome’? Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 40 (5): 11.
Godley EJ 1984b. Ivy-watching from my window. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 40 (6): 12.
Godley EJ 1984c. Antarctic flower plants. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 40 (7): 28.
Godley EJ 1984d. Fruiting in Tecomanthe – and farewell. Botanist’s notebook. The New Zealand Gardener 40 (8): 22.

Biographical notes series in the New Zealand

Godley EJ 1991a. Biographical notes (1): John William Hall (1830–1915). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 23: 17.
Godley EJ 1991b. Biographical notes (2): Albert James Allom (1825–1909). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 24: 11–12.
Godley EJ 1991c. Biographical notes (3): Henry John Matthews (1859–1909) and Grace Annie Matthews (c. 1874–1967). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 25: 11–13.
Godley EJ 1991d. Biographical notes (4): Joseph Hobson McMahon (c. 1874–1948). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 26: 13–15.
Godley EJ 1992a. Biographical notes (5): Frederick Hamilton Spencer (1854–1932). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 27: 17–18.
Godley EJ 1992b. Biographical notes (6): Peter Goyen (1845–1927). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 28: 15–16.
Godley EJ 1992c. Biographical notes (7): Joshua Rutland (1836–1915). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 29: 20–21.
Godley EJ 1992d. Biographical notes (8): William Lewis Townson (1855–1926). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 30: 17–18.
Godley EJ 1993a. Biographical notes (9): Thomas Waugh (1832–1896). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 31: 10–11.
Godley EJ 1993b. Biographical notes (10): Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882–1957). The early years. New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 32: 9–11.
Godley EJ 1993c. Biographical notes (11): Magnus Earle Johnson (1885–1976). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 33: 13–15.
Godley EJ 1993d. Biographical notes (12): Samuel Delabere Barker (1848–1901). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 34: 18–19.
Godley EJ 1994a. Biographical notes (13): Walter Henry Pearson (1832–1911). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 35: 9–10.
Godley EJ 1994b. Biographical notes (14): John Wood McIntyre (1850–1931). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 36: 12–14.
Godley EJ 1994c. Biographical notes (15): Charles Edward Christensen (1876–1938). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 37: 12–13.
Godley EJ 1994d. Biographical notes (16): John Kimberley Forbes (1900–1976). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 38: 19–21.
Godley EJ 1995a. Biographical notes (17): William Willcox (1861–1944). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 39: 10–12.
Godley EJ 1995b. Biographical notes (18): Francis William Bartlett (1896–1979). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 40: 14–16.
Godley EJ 1995c. Biographical notes (19): William Alexander Thomson (1876–1950). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 41: 18–20.
Godley EJ 1995d. Biographical notes (20): Richard Henry Matthews (1835–1912). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 42: 17–19.
Godley EJ 1996a. Biographical notes (21): Henry Blencowe Matthews (1861–1934). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 43: 12–13.
Godley EJ 1996b. Biographical notes (22): Bernard Cracroft Aston (1871–1951). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 44: 26–28.
Godley EJ 1996c. Biographical notes (23): John Scott Thomson FLS, FCS, Hon. FRNZIH (1882–1943). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 45: 11–14.
Godley EJ 1996d. Biographical notes (24): William McKay MB, FRCS (Edin.) (1875–1946). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 46: 26–27.
Godley EJ 1997a. Biographical notes (25): James Ronald Le Comte (1927–1987). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 47: 14–17.
Godley EJ 1997b. Biographical notes (26): Christopher Louis Maling NZC (1841–1916). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 48: 16–18.
Godley EJ 1997c. Biographical notes (27): Thomas George Wright (c1831–1914). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 49: 19–22.
Godley EJ 1997d. Biographical notes (28): George Simpson FLS, FRSNZ, FNZIV (1880–1952). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 50: 19–20.
Godley EJ 1998a. Biographical notes (29): Harry Carse (1857–1930). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 51: 13–16.
Godley EJ 1998b. Biographical notes (30): Joseph Crosby Smith (1853–1930). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 52: 19–21.
Godley EJ 1998c. Biographical notes (31): Arthur Dendy D.Sc. (Manchester); Hon. Mem. N.Z. Inst.; FLS; F.R.S. (1865–1925). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 53: 25–27.
Godley EJ 1998d. Biographical notes (32): Arnold Wall, MA (Lond), BA (Cantab), Hon DLitt (NZ), CBE (1869–1966). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 54: 17–22.
Godley EJ 1999a. Biographical notes (33): John Francis Armstrong (1820–1902) and Joseph Beattie Armstrong (1850–1926). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 55: 23–29.
Godley EJ 1999b. Biographical notes (34): Thomas Kirk and England. New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 56: 27–29.
Godley EJ 1999c. Biographical notes (35): Frederick Neve, MA LIB. BSc (1871–1945). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 57: 23–25.
Godley EJ 1999d. Biographical notes (36): Francis Logan (1784–1862) and Houston Francis Logan (1839–1922). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 58: 15–18.
Godley EJ 2000a. Biographical notes (37): William Spearman Young (1842–1913). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 59: 23–24.
Godley EJ 2000b. Biographical notes (38): Harry Talbot (1898–1982). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 60: 24–28.
Godley EJ 2000c. Biographical notes (39): Garth Brownlie B.Sc. M.Sc. D.Sc. (Cantuar) (1920–1986). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 61: 26–28.
Godley EJ 2000d. Biographical notes (40): Dennis Huckvale Leigh FRIH (1908–1982). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 62: 20–21.
Godley EJ 2001a. Biographical notes (41): William Newsham Blair (1841–1891). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 63: 16–17.
Godley EJ 2001b. Biographical notes (42): Richard Helms (1842–1914). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 64: 39–41.
Godley EJ 2001c. Biographical notes (43): John Harry Hadfield (1887–1960); and Arthur Ernest Brockett (c. 1886–1967). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 65: 27–28.
Godley EJ 2001d. Biographical notes (44): George Stevenson (1878–1960). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 66: 18–21.
Godley EJ 2002a. Biographical notes (45): John Smaillie Tennant (c. 1865–1958) [and correction New Zealand Journal of Botany 15 to Biographical note 44]. New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 67: 18–20.
Godley EJ 2002b. Biographical notes (46): George Valentine Biggar (1855–1931) and Dugald Louis Poppelwell (1863–1939). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 68: 22–25.
Godley EJ 2002c. Biographical notes (47): Charles Traill (1826–1891); Walter Traill (1850–1924); and Arthur William Traill (1852–1936). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 69: 15–21.
Godley EJ 2002d. Biographical notes (48): Robert Ingpen Kingsley (1846–1912). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 70: 18–20.
Godley EJ 2003a. Biographical notes (49): William Henderson Bryant (1864–1948). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 71: 11–15.
Godley EJ 2003b. Biographical notes (50): William Smith Hamilton (c. 1824–1903) and William Stewart Hamilton (floruit 1879–1887). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 72: 20–24.
Godley EJ 2003c. Biographical notes (51): David Monro (1813–1877). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 73: 24–28.
Godley EJ 2003d. Biographical notes (52): Daniel Bolton (c. 1793–1860). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 74: 14–16.
Godley EJ 2004a. Biographical notes (53): Henry Bennett (1881–1953). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 75: 26–29.
Godley EJ 2004b. Biographical notes (54): John Carl Ernest Dieffenbach (1811–1855). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 76: 31–35.
Godley EJ 2004c. Biographical notes (55): Lilian Suzette Gibbs (1870–1925) and Harry Birley (c. 1863–1924). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 77: 19–23.
Godley EJ 2004d. Biographical notes (56): Alexander Callender Purdie (1824–1899) and Alex. Purdie (c. 1861–1905). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 78: 16–19.
Godley EJ 2005a. Biographical notes (57): Phillip Parker King (1791–1856). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 79: 20–23.
Godley EJ 2005b. Biographical notes (58): Roderick MacDonald (1824–1886). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 80: 17–19.
Godley EJ 2005c. Biographical notes (59): Emma Jones (born Buchanan c. 1835). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 81: 20–23.
Godley EJ 2005d. Biographical notes (60): Thomas Chapman (1792–1876) and Anne Maria Chapman (1791–1855). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 82: 20–23.
Godley EJ 2006a. Biographical notes (61): Index and corrections to No’s 1–60 (1991–2005). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 83: 13–16.
Godley EJ 2006b. Biographical notes (62): Rev. Richard Davis (1790–1863); John Edward Davis (1815–1877); and Christopher Pearson Davies (c. 1812–1861). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 84: 21–24.
Godley EJ 2006c. Biographical notes (63): Ellen Minna Heine (Bleakly) (1907–1989). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 85: 12–14.
Godley EJ 2006d. Biographical notes (64): Jane, Lady Franklin (1792–1875). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 86: 19–22.
Godley EJ 2007a. Biographical notes (65): John Peter Bollons (1862–1929). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 87: 14–16.
Godley EJ 2007b. Biographical notes (66): Joseph Robert Annabell (1857–1924). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 88: 15–17.
Godley EJ 2007c. Biographical notes (67): Edward Weston Andrews (1861–1915). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 89: 17–18.
Godley EJ 2007d. Biographical notes (68 [numbered in error as 67]): John Stuart Yeates. The early years (1900–1927). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 90: 14–18.
Godley EJ 2008a. Biographical notes (69): John Stuart Yeates. The flax years (1927–1938). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 91: 16–19.
Godley EJ 2008b. Biographical notes (70): John Stuart Yeates. The later years (1938–1986). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 92: 16–23.
Godley EJ 2008c. Biographical notes (71): Theodore Percy Arnold (floruit 1879–1886). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 93: 17–20.
Godley EJ 2008d. Biographical notes (72): Kate Violet Edgerley (1887–1939) & Olga Livia Gertrude Adams (1900–1950). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 94: 17–20.
Godley EJ 2009a. Biographical notes (73): Ellen Wright Blackwell (c. 1864–1952)& Frank Bartram Blackwell (c. 1862–1934). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 96: 15–22.
Godley EJ 2009b. Biographical notes (74): John Davies Gilbert Enys (1837–1912) and Eva Carlisle Richards (c. 1879–1961). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 98: 19–24.
Godley EJ 2010a. Biographical notes (75): Sir George Edward Grey (1812–1898). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 99: 13–18.
Godley EJ 2010b. Biographical notes (76): Captain Sir James Everard Home (1798–1853). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 100: 16–19.

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Persondata
Name	Godley, Eric John
Alternative names
Short description	Botanist
Date of birth	10 April 1919
Place of birth	Devonport, New Zealand
Date of death	27 May 2010
Place of death