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Apalis flavida golzi (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) & Luscinia megarhynchos golzii Cabanis, 1873 (2 Viewers)

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Apalis flavida golzi (Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) OD here
A Dr. H. Golz is mentioned here or here (in context with Fischer)
Luscinia megarhynchos golzii Cabanis, 1873 here
..., als mit dem namen Luscinia golzii belegt werden könne, zu Ehren des Vorsitzenden der ornithologischen Gesellschaft, Herrn Golz, des anerkann erfahrensten Kenners und Züchters der besten und vorzüglichsten Sänger.

Common Nightingale ssp Luscinia megarhynchos golzii Cabanis, 1873 [Formerly Luscinia megarhynchos hafizi]
Yellow-breasted Apalis ssp. Apalis flavida golzi G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884
Dr. W. H. T. Golz (1821-1898) was a German ornithologist.

The Key to Scientific Names
Dr W. H. T. Golz (1825-1898) German ornithologist (subsp. Apalis flavida, subsp. Luscinia megarhynchos).

I found at least the H. as Hermann Golz here. Here or here and still in 1898 here as...

Golz , H. , Dr. , Justizrath , Rechts - Anwalt u . Notar , Berlin

No idea where the life dates came from. But after 1898 he indeed disappeared from the members.
 
Quick one ...

In (the MS) Ordbog Over Systematiske Fuglenavne (a k a 'Ordbog A-Z')* by the Danes; Svend Rønnest, Jørgen Møller Hansen & Mogens Behnke-Pedersen, those eponyms are/were explained as:
golzi, golzii ..................... : efter [after] dr. Heinrich Wilhelm Theodor Golz (1825-1898) tysk ornitolog [German Ornithologist] [Luscinia megarhynchos golzii, Apalis flavida golzi]

For what it's worth ...

/B

* Published later, as: Ordbog over videnskabelige Fuglenavne [Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names], 2017, 864 pages.
 
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OK Die Ornithologen Mitteleuropas

Golz , Heinrich Wilhelm Theodor , Dr. , • 16. 1. 1825 Lutherstadt Wittenberg , † 1.5 . 1898 Berlin . In Berlin war er , Sohn eines Juristen , Rechtsanwalt und Notar mit dem Titel Justizrat . Aus der Liebhaberei kommend und die Heiden lange Jahre rüstig durchstreifend , kannte er gründlich das Vogelleben der Mark . 1868 trat er schon der....
 
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