Samuel Woodward — Geologist and Antiquary. 7 



order to see his collections; also Mr. Joseph Prestwich, jun. (after- 

 wards Professor Prestwich, F.R.S.) who, paid his first visit to the 

 Thorpe Crag-pits under Mr. Woodward's guidance, and there obtained 

 a fine molar of Elephas meridionalis, now in the Norwich Museum. 



Although his bodily powers failed him, his mental energies never 

 ceased to display their activity, and even at the last he occupied 

 himself with nutnerous archseological subjects, and with the prepara- 

 tion of a new work, "Theoretical View of the Geology of the Norfolk 

 Coast," a MS. which was never published. 



He was also engaged in the preparation of his "History and 

 Antiquities of Norwich Castle," edited, after his death by his eldest 

 son, B. B. Woodward, F.S.A., in 1847; and in gathering materials 

 for the "Norfolk Topographer's Manual," revised, augmented, and 

 edited by W. C. Ewing, and published in 1842. Nothing could 

 exceed the sympathy and kindness shown to Mr. Woodward during 

 his last illness by all his friends, but his malady baffled medical 

 skill, and he died on the 14tli January, 1838, in his 48th year. 



Thus ended a life of devotion to science, a life whose published 

 w^orks form but a partial memorial of the indefatigable industry of 

 their author. " I believe," writes Prof. Sedgwick, " it is not too 

 much to say that his life has been cut short by his devotion to 

 science, and by his continuing (after the laborious duties of the 

 day) to spend hours in study, which ought to have been given to 

 rest." " His memory," writes his eldest son, " remains an object of 

 reverence to his children, whose paths, by his patience and toil, 

 have been made so easy and pleasant compared with his own, and 

 of unfeigned respect to all who were acquainted with his character 

 and his acquiremetits." 



LIST OF WORKS BY SAMUEL WOODWARD OF NORWICH. 



1829.— 1. Geology of Norfolk. In "A General History of the County of Norfolk 

 intended to convey all the Information of a Norfolk Tour." [By J. 

 Chamhers.] 2 vols. 8vo. 1829. 



2. A Letter [to Dr. Fitton] respecting some remarkable fossil remains found 

 near Cromer, iu Norfolk. [Read Jan. 2nd. J Proc. Geol. Soc. vol. i. 

 pp. 93, 94. 



3. Musical Snails. Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. ii. p. 244. 



4. [Notes on some Antiquities found iu Norfolk.] Archfeologia, vol. xxii. 

 pp. 422-424. 



1830.— 5. On the Hydra, or Freshwa.ter Polypus. Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. iii. p. 348. 

 6. A Synoptical Table of British Organic Remams : in which all the edited 

 British Fossils are systematically and stratigraphically arranged in ac- 

 cordance with the views of the Geologists of the present day ; and a 

 reference given to their localities, strata, and engraved figures. 8vo. and 

 4to. London and Norwich. 



1831. — 7. Observations on the Round Church Towers of Norfolk ; and on the 

 materials employed in constructing the early religious buildings in that 

 County. [Read May, 1829.] Archfeologia, vol. xxiii. pp. 7-9. 



8. A Descriptive Outline of the Roman Remains in Norfolk, accompanied 

 by a Map of the County. [Read Dec. 1830.] Ibid. pp. 358-373. 



9. A Copy of an Ancient Plan of the Chalk Vaults near St. Giles' Gates, 

 Norwich : made by John Bond, 1571 ; exhibited, with notes, by Mr. 

 Samuel Woodward. Ibid. pp. 411-412. 



10. Natural History Collection. Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. iv. p. 177. 



11. Luminosity of the Sea. Ibid. p. 284. 



12. iEtites or Eagle Stones. Ibid. p. 468. 



