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ory rendering him very dangerous in this respect. In society there could 

 be no more genial companion, full of anecdote, but with small apprecia- 

 tion of humour. At home there could be no more generous host." 



Professor Westvvood was best known on this side of the Atlantic from 

 his admirable work — "An Introduction to the Modern Classification of 

 Insects," which was published in two volumes in 1839 an< ^ 1840. Every 

 entomologist, worthy of the name, has no doubt made a study of this 

 book, which still continues to be the best text-book on the subject in the 

 English language. His sumptuous works on exotic insects, such as his 

 " Arcana Entomologica," " Oriental Entomology," and his edition of 

 Drury's " Exotic Insects," are also widely known, but his numerous con- 

 tributions to various Natural History periodicals, a mere list of which 

 would fill a volume, are not so familiar to our students. He was a most 

 industrious and prolific writer, and made investigations in almost every 

 family of insects in all the orders. His work is always characterized by 

 its marvellous accuracy and patient elaboration of details both of struc- 

 ture and habit. Very rarely was he ever known to make a mistake. 



He was actively associated with the Entomological Society of London 

 from its foundation in 1833, and was for many years its Secretary. Sub- 

 sequently he was elected President at three periods of two years each, 

 and was made Honorary Life President when the Society celebrated its 

 jubilee in 1883. He was a Fellow of the Linnaean Society from 1827, 

 and an Honorary or Corresponding Member of Scientific Societies all 

 over the world. 



In 1858 the Rev. F. W. Hope, a wealthy amateur, who had been for 

 years a warm friend and patron of Westwood, and had purchased his 

 collections, gave them and his own to the University of Oxford, and 

 founded a Professorship of Invertebrate Zoology, which bears his name. 

 Westwood was appointed the first Hope Professor, and, in consequence, 

 removed to Oxford, where he was a conspicuous figure in the University 

 for five and thirty years. 



Besides his Entomological work, he was a distinguished Archaeologist 

 and was widely known amongst those of kindred tastes by his investiga- 

 tions of the " Palaeographia Sacra Pictoria," his " Lapidarium Walliaa," 

 and ' ; Fac Similes of the Miniatures and Ornaments of Anglo-Saxon and 

 Irish Manuscripts." He formed a remarkable collection of carved ivories 

 and inscribed stones, as well as of insects. In all respects he was a 

 remarkable man, and accomplished, by dint of steady industry and 

 enthusiastic perseverance during a long life, an amount of valuable scien- 

 tific work that has rarely, if ever, been excelled. 



