Frederic Webster Goding

Frederic Webster Goding (May 9, 1858 – May 5, 1933) was an American diplomat, physician, entomologist, and inventor who served as U.S. consul in Australia, Uruguay, and Ecuador.

[1] Born in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston to Alphonso Landon and Lydia Mehitable (Chandler) Goding, at age five moved with his family to Chicago where he attended public school.

He was assistant to the state entomologist of Illinois in 1884-95, and held a similar position in Tennessee while connected with Loudon College.

[2] He was a delegate to the Republican state conventions of Illinois when Governors Joseph W. Fifer and John R. Tanner were nominated (1886, 1896), besides frequently serving as delegate to various county and congressional conventions.

He was subsequently consul at Montevideo, Uruguay (1908–1913), and consul-general at Guayaquil, Ecuador (1913–1917).