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'meet Marshall Hall at Chamounix in the Summer of 1866, and on 

 "their return to England he was speedily introduced to many persons 

 interested in geological science, of whom Professor John Morris 

 may be reganled as the chief. There are still many who can recall 

 the remarkable magnetic attraction of Morris over his pupils and 

 associates, and this was just the kind of influence which Mr. Simpson, 

 now become Mr. Wilfrid Hudleston, required to enlist hiiu as a 

 geological recruit and in due course to make him a "knight of the 

 hammer" for the rest of his life. A close friendship was at once 

 formed, which was only terminated by the death of Morris in 1886. 

 In 1867 Mr. Simpson (a fortnight only before he changed his name 

 to Hudleston) was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of 

 London, and four years later he became a member of the Geologists' 

 Association. 



About this period, 1867-71, Professor Morris was in the habit of 

 ■extending his geological excursions far into the country, and out 

 of this practice grew the improved excursions of the Geologists' 

 Association, which, under various leading geologists, offered, with- 

 out exception, the best instruction in geology which could be 

 ■obtained, "at the bed-side" ! Mr. Hudleston was not slow to profit 

 by these excursions, and when he became Secretary in 1874 his 

 >interest was further enhanced by preparing reports on the various 

 districts visited, some of which attain the dimensions of a respectable 

 memoir. It was not until 1872 that he ventured on publication, 

 and it may be noticed of many of his earlier papers that they have 

 a decided bias towards chemical geology, in which subject he always 

 took a deep interest. His papers on "The Yorkshire Oolites" (1873-8) 

 and " The Corallian Kocks of England " (written in conjunction with 

 Professor J. F. Blake, 1877) soon established his reputation as one 

 of our leading geologists. 



In 1881 Mr. Hudleston was elected President of the Geologists' 

 Association, in which body he had already served the office of 

 Secretary for three years, from 1874 to 1877, during which time, 

 besides the duties of his office, he organised the excursions, prepared 

 the reports, and carefully recorded the scientific work accomplished, 

 earning for himself (said Mr. Carruthers) " the lasting gratitude of 

 the Association " (see Annual Eeport, 1877, vol. v, p. 75). The 

 Reports of Excursions directed by him are full of original 

 observations, notably those relating to the Vale of Wardour (1881) 

 and the West Riding of Yorkshire (1882). The cordial relations 

 which have always existed between Mr. Hudleston and the 

 Geologists' Association were further evinced in March, 1892, when 

 an illuminated address of congratulation on his recent election to 

 the chair of the Geological Society, signed by a numerous body of 

 members, was presented to Mm by Professor Blake, then President 

 of the Association. 



Mr. Hudleston resided for many years in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, 

 but in 1883 he removed to Oatlands Park, Surrey. This rustication, 

 however, interfered with his scientific engagements, and he again 

 took up his residence in town, at 8, Stanhope Gardens, South 



