Bernard Henry Woodward FGS (31 January 1846 – 14 October 1916) was an English-born Australian museum director and naturalist, associated with the

Western Australian Museum The Western Australian Museum is a statutory body, statutory authority within the Culture and the Arts Portfolio, established under the ''Museum Act 1969''. The museum has six main sites. The state museum, WA Museum Boola Bardip, is located i ...

from its beginnings in 1889 until 1914. Born in

Islington, London Islington ( ) is an inner-city area of north London, England, within the wider London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's #Islington High Street, High Street to Highbury Fields ...

, to geologist

Samuel Pickworth Woodward Samuel Pickworth Woodward (17 September 1821 – 11 July 1865) was an English geologist and malacologist. Biography He was the son of the geologist Samuel Woodward. In 1845, S. P. Woodward became the professor of geology and natural history ...

, Bernard came to Western Australia in 1889. He is commemorated in the scientific names of several organisms, including the birds '' Amytornis woodwardi'', '' Colluricincla woodwardi'', and the tree '' Eucalyptus woodwardii''.

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* 1846 births 1916 deaths People from Islington (district) Directors of museums in Australia Australian naturalists Australian people of English descent Fellows of the Geological Society of London {{Australia-bio-stub