336 Obituary—Frederick T. Maidwell. 
is hoped to publish, as also an account of the geology of the neigh- 
bourhood of Cairo and other papers. 
W. F. Hume. 
Frederick T. Maidwell, F.G.S. 
Born 26TH Marcu, 1872. Dirp Ist May, 1921. 
WE regret to announce the death of Mr. Frederick T. Maidwell, 
F.G.S., which took place suddenly on Ist May, at Runcorn, in his 
fiftieth year. He was born in 1872 at Gunnerside, in Swaledale, 
and a few months after his birth his parents removed to Coventry, 
where his father held the position of head master of St. Mark’s New 
School until his death in 1882. The following years were full of 
difficulty and struggle, but after a short time spent in teaching at 
his father’s old school, and later at the Bablake Secondary School, 
Coventry, he became interested in handicraft subjects, and qualified 
as an instructor. He held positions at Wolverhampton and Dudley, 
and finally in 1908 removed to Runcorn on accepting an appointment 
under the Education Authority there, which he retained until his 
death. He rendered useful service to the town in many ways, 
serving on the Free Library Committee, and also taking a very active 
interest in the local volunteer movement during the period of the war. 
Geology claimed a great portion of his leisure, and while in the 
Midlands he was an ardent member of the Warwickshire Naturalists’ 
and Archeologists’ Field Club, and several of his early papers are 
printed in its proceedings. He was indefatigable in observing and 
recording particulars of sections, old and new, in the Liverpool district, 
and published several papers in the Proceedings of the Liverpool 
Geological Society, of which he was a valued member, most of them 
relating to the Triassic strata of Cheshire. He also devoted some time 
to the study of the fossil footprints of the Trias, the results of which 
he recorded in two of his most important communications, in which 
he gave very careful descriptions of a number of Rhynchosauroid 
types, including webbed forms. His death removes an earnest, 
patient, and painstaking worker, greatly esteemed by all who knew 
him. He leaves a widow and three children. 
Di Aue 
