NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



IN MEMORY OF SAMUEL CHADWICK, F.G.S. 



A once familiar figure at the excursions of the Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union was Samuel Chadwick, F.G.S., of Malton, 

 well known throug-hout East Yorkshire as an enthusiastic 

 collector of fossils and antiquities. Situated in an exceptionally 

 favourable area, he found plenty of work amongst the Cretaceous 

 and Oolitic rocks, and secured quite a large number of valuable 

 specimens, some of which proved to be new to science. He was 

 essentially a /J't'/^ geologist, and rarely seemed so happy as when 

 leading a party of fellow workers across the Wolds, from quarry 

 to quarry, his tall figure being always in the van. 



The specimens he collected were distributed to the York, 

 Scarborough, and Whitby Museums, though his principal 

 specimens are to be found in the Malton Museum, in connection 

 with which he took a deep interest. Amongst the principal 

 items in the latter collection are : a collection of sponges, 

 etc., from the Chalk; a fine series of fish teeth, etc., from the 

 Oolites near Malton, including some complete palates ; several 

 large Oolitic ammonites ; a remarkably fine fin of Asteracanthns 

 ornatissimus, and a set of Speeton clay fossils. He also placed 

 many fine British flint and bronze implements in this Museum. 



Amongst his more important discoveries was a series of fossil 

 sponges from the Oolites at Settrington, Langton Wold, and 

 Sufiield, one of which was named after him. These were 

 described by Dr. G. J. Hinde in the Palaeontographical Society's 

 Monograph for 1893 (' Sponges of the Jurassic Strata'). They 

 are : — Corynella chadwicki, C. langtonensis, Holcospongia politti, 

 and Blastinia aspera. 



On the formation of the Yorkshire Boulder Committee, 

 Chadwick took an interest in its work, and recorded many 

 far-travelled erratics in East Yorkshire. He was secretary of 

 the committee in 1890, and drew up its fourth report ('The 

 Naturalist,' 1892, pp. 155-158). He occasionally contributed 

 short notes to this journal, but was not a great writer. 



Chadwick was one of the founders of the Malton Naturalists' 

 Society, and was always one of its prominent workers. Bee 

 culture was another of his hobbies, and with this he was 

 particularly successful, and gave lectures on the subject under 

 the auspices of the East Riding County Council. He was also 

 a prominent Freemason. 



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