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OBITUARY. 

 MARTIN F. WOODWARD. 



Born November 5, 1S65, Died September 15, 1901. 



By the sad accident which caused the death of Mr. Martin F. 

 'Woodward on September 15th, malacology and science in general 

 have to mourn the loss of a brilliant and devoted investigator. 



The deceased was the younger son of Dr. Henry Woodward, F.R.S., 

 and was born in London on November 5th, 1865, and educated at 

 the Kensington Granmiar School. In 1S83 he entered the Royal 

 College of Science, and after a brilliant career he was appointed by 

 Huxley as assistant and, later, demonstrator of Zoology. 



Of his general work in zoology or his gifts as a teacher, it is not 

 our intention to speak, others more competent to judge have already 

 testified to his care, patience, and enthusiasm for all pertaining to 

 zoology. 



Comparatively speaking it is only recently that Mr. Woodward 

 turned his attention to the study of the MoUusca, but in the short 

 time of seven or eight years, amid multifarious duties, he gave to 

 science a series of papers on the anatomy of the Prosobranchia, which 

 undoubtedly gave him the position of the leading living investigator 

 on this particular order, in this country, and forshadowed a brilliant 

 and distinguished career. Most of these papers were published in the 

 Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, of which Society 

 he had been Secretary since February, 1898. 



His work is characterised by force and clearness of exposition, a 

 wonderful grasp of the particular order in which he was interested, 

 a critical capacity of exceptional order and a ready acknowledgment 

 of the work of others. 



Ever ready to advise and help others, his decease leaves a gap in 

 the ranks of British zoologists which will long remain. 



W.E.C. 



