240 Obituary— Thomas Gabriel Bayfield. 
Queilan Ors 1 ae 
THOMAS GABRIEL BAYFIELD, OF NORWICH. 
Born 17 January, 1817. Diep 27 Marcu, 1893. 
Many who are engaged in scientific and literary work in the city and 
county of Norwich and Norfolk will learn with regret the death of Mr. 
Thos. Gabriel Bayfield, which occurred on 27 March, at his residence, 
Bracondale. The deceased gentleman, who had attained his seventy- 
seventh year, was the son of an ironmonger, who carried on an old- 
established business in Magdalen-street. As a lad he was sent to 
Mr. Brooke’s school, at the Greyfriar’s Priory, but was afterwards 
removed to the seminary conducted by Mr. Norman, in Golden 
Dog-lane, where he acquired a good knowledge of Latin, Greek, 
mathematics, and the ordinary English subjects. Upon leaving 
school, at the age of fifteen, he entered the Magdalen-street estab- 
lishment, and worked for two years with his father, who had 
originally intended him for the medical profession. His father 
died in 1834, and young Bayfield remained to assist in the 
business, which for many years was carried on under the style 
of Ann Bayfield and Son. In his school-days the lad formed the 
acquaintance of B. B. Woodward, afterwards Queen’s librarian, and 
S. P. Woodward, the subsequent author of a Manual of the Mollusca, 
both sons of Samuel Woodward, of Norwich, and from them he 
imbibed a love for archeology and natural history. Possessing an 
enquiring mind and a memory of remarkable retentiveness, he 
amassed a rich store of knowledge on archeological, geological, 
and other scientific subjects. He was regarded as an authority on 
ancient seals, and rendered great assistance to Dean Goulburn in 
the compilation of his work on Norwich Cathedral. Mr. Bayfield 
devoted much attention to electro-types, of which he made many 
specimens ; he also spent considerable time in botanical research, and 
was much sought after by local scientists, by whom he was greatly 
respected. In geology he laboured at the Chalk and Norwich Crag, 
and made a valuable collection of fossils, those from the Chalk being 
subsequently acquired by the British Museum. He was one of 
the most active members of the Norwich Geological Society, an 
enthusiastic member of the Norwich Science Club founded by Dr. 
J. E. Taylor, whom he succeeded as President, and he was also 
President of the Norfolk Naturalists’ Society. Upon relinquishing 
business, about sixteen years ago, Mr. Bayfield obtained the appoint- 
ment of Master of the Blind School, but after discharging the 
duties of that office for about seven years his hea! \ failed, and 
he retired into private life. He still retained an affection for 
scientific pursuits, and tock great interest in his large and varied 
collection of antiquities. Mr. Bayfield leaves a widow (the eldest 
daughter of the late Samuel Woodward), a son, and two daughters. 
—Kastern Daily Press. 
