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OBITUABY. 



HENEY WOODWAED, LL.D., F.E.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S., F.E.M.S. 



1832-1921. 



Dr. Henry Woodward, late Keeper of Geology in the British 

 Museum, and past President of the Eoyal Microscopical Society, 

 died on September 6th in his 89th year ; he had followed with 

 unabated interest almost up to the last the progress of the science 

 to which he had devoted the energies of a long life. 



He was the youngest son of Samuel Woodward, the well-known 

 geologist and antiquary of Norwich, and was born in 1832. At 

 an early age he began to take an interest in natural history, which 

 was fostered by his eldest brother, S. P. Woodward, at that time 

 Professor of Natural History at the Eoyal Agricultural College, 

 Cirencester. Henry came to London in 1848 with his brother, 

 when the latter was appointed an assistant in the British Museum, 

 but, failing to find congenial employment, returned to Norwich 

 two years later, and for the next seven years held a clerkship in 

 Gurney's Bank. In 1858 fortune smiled upon him, and he became 

 an assistant in the Geological Department of the British Museum. 

 Here he utilized to the full the oportunities that offered for 

 scientific research, and from this time onwards made numerous 

 and notable contributions to palaeontology. In 1880 he was made 

 Keeper of the department, succeeding Mr. G. E. Waterhouse, and 

 held that office until liis retirement from the Museum in 1901. 



Although Dr. Woodward's scientific interests were very wide 

 indeed, he had from the beginning devoted much attention to the 

 special study of the Crustacea, and his chief contributions to science 

 were in the form of detailed descriptions of fossil forms of this 

 group. The results of his work were published in the " Quarterly 

 Journal of the Geological Society," and in the form of monographs 

 for tlie Palccontographical Society, of which Society he became 

 President in 1895 on the death of Professor Huxley. He retained 

 the Presidentship to the time of his death. 



His influence on the progress of geology and palaeontology was 

 much extended when, in conjunction with T. Eupert Jones, he 

 founded the " Geological Magazine," of which he was sole editor 

 from the beginning of 1865 until the end of 1918. This monthly 

 journal provided a medium for the publication of results of much 

 valuable research, and the adequate presentation of much of this 

 work was due to the experienced guidance of Dr. Woodward. 



Woodward joined the Geological Society in 1864, and was 



