192 Ohititanj - Mr. Henry Norton, F. G. S. 



at the same rate or at the same time along the whole distance of the 

 north and south fault. If we grant differential motion, the matter 

 is explained. The Kenper might slip to a certain point and fracture 

 there, then the other portion falling would slickenside the face, and 

 a throw equal to that of the main fault might leave no residual throw. 



J. LoMAs, Assoc. N.SS. 



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HENRY NORTON, F.G.S. 



By the death of Henry Norton, of Norwich, we have to record the 

 loss of an enthusiastic student of Norfolk geology, and one of the 

 most learned men of the present century. He was the son of William 

 Norton, Esq., of Old Buckenhara, and in his youth was articled to 

 Messrs. Mitchell & Clarke of Wymondham, and afterwards set up 

 practice as a solicitor in Surrey Street, Norwich. Possessed of 

 ample means, he relinquished his profession to devote himself to 

 travelling in the East and throughout Europe. Once, no doubt 

 because of the eccentricity of his conduct, he was apprehended in 

 Vienna as a spy. For many years Mr. Norton devoted himself to 

 the study of Sanskrit, Syriac, Chinese, and other Eastern languages, 

 in which he became so proficient that he was able to read the works 

 of Eastern philosophers and savants in their own tongue. He was 

 also a good Scandinavian and German scholar. Of late years he 

 applied himself a great deal to the study of modern science and 

 philosophy, and more especially to the geology of Norfolk. 



He joined the Norwich Geological Society when it was first 

 established in 1864, and became a Fellow of the Geological Society 

 of London in 1875. 



He examined in great detail the sections at Pakefield and Kess- 

 ingland, and read before the Norwich Society a paper in 1876 

 (published in the 'Norfolk Chronicle ' for May 6). A subsequent 

 communication on the ' Forest Bed of East Norfolk ' was issued 

 separately (reprinted from the 'Norwich Mercury ' of May 5, 1877); 

 and in this paper he boldly and acutely discussed the evidence that 

 had been published on the subject of stumps of trees being rooted 

 in situ in the Cromer Forest Bed. He showed that tlie published 

 evidence was inconclusive. In 1877 Mr. Norton contributed some 

 notes on species of Hydrohia from the Freshwater Beds of Kunton 

 and Mundesley (Proc. ISorwich Geol. Soc. vol. i. p. 16). In 1879 

 he read a paper embodjnng great research on the Atlantis Island, 

 coming to the conclusion that it was in reality the continent of 

 Africa (Proc. N.G.S. vol. i. pp. 75, 80). In 1880 he communicated 

 to the same society [Ibid. p. 110) notes on the Pah\3ontology of the 

 Ancients (Greeks and Romans) ; and also an explanation of the 

 word "Paramoudra" {Ibid, p. 132). 



He died in February last, in his 80th year. [Some further 

 particulars of his life were given in the " Eastern Daily Press" 

 of February 24.] 



