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VOLUME LVIII. 
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No. X.—OCTOBER, 1921. “<2 
EDITORIAL NOTES. 
We regret to have to record that our colleague, Dr. Henry 
Woodward, died at his home at Bushey, Herts, on 6th September, 
in his 89th year. He retained his active interest in out work 
almost until the end, and passed away peacefully in the presence of 
his family. 
In association with the late Professor T. Rupert Jones, 
Dr. Woodward founded the GrotocicaL MaGazine in July, 1864, 
and from July, 1865, to December, 1918, he edited every number 
except one, which he entrusted to his nephew, the late Horace B. 
Woodward, when he felt overcome by the loss of his younger son 
in 1901. His task was, indeed, more than that of editing, for he was 
faced with the usual difficulty of technical periodicals—a circulation 
too restricted for financial success. At intervals he had to enlist 
the sympathy and help of generous friends, whom he found always 
ready to second his disinterested efforts to promote geological 
science by maintaining a regular serial publication. 
It has been well said that since 1864 every British recruit 
to geology has begun his career as an author in the pages of the 
GroLocicaL MaGazing. Dr. Woodward’s genial personality and 
note of encouragement were always stimulating to beginners, and 
even when he considered drastic editing necessary, his tactful ways 
usually smoothed all difficulties. His wise advice on the presentation 
of a subject often turned inacceptable efforts into valuable 
contributions, and his judicious treatment of over-eager corre- 
spondents not infrequently softened acrimonious controversies into 
reasonable discussions. His hospitable reception of many papers 
which had been refused elsewhere was by no means the least of the 
services he rendered to geological science as editor. He was, indeed, 
an impartial critic of every genuine effort to advance. 
A full biography of Dr. Woodward will appear in a later number. 
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