Obituary—Henry Woodward. 483 
Society in 1863. From 1865 to 1875 he contributed an annual 
report on British fossil Crustacea to the British Association, and 
made many advances in knowledge of the subject. In 1864 he 
exhibited to the British Association at Bath some restorations of 
the strange Devonian Merostomata, and for many years devoted 
special attention to this group, which he described in a monograph 
issued by the Paleontographical Society 1866-78. He pointed out 
the relationship of the Eurypterids to the existing Xiphosura (king 
crabs) more clearly than it had been done previously. He also 
contemplated continuing Salter’s unfinished work on the British 
Trilobites, but unfortunately completed only one small volume on 
the Carboniferous genera (Paleontographical Society, 1883-4). 
He joined Professor Rupert Jones in a monograph of the British 
Paleozoic Phyllopoda (Phyllocarida), likewise published by the 
Paleeontographical Society in 1888. Early in his career he prepared 
a useful Chart of Fossil Crustacea, with the aid of Mr. J. W. Salter ; 
and in 1877 he summarized all that was known of British Fossil 
Crustacea in a British Museum Catalogue. During more recent. 
years he also published much on the Carboniferous Arachnids, 
Myriapods, and Insects, especially from the English Coal Measures. 
All his papers were well illustrated, many by his daughters. 
Henry Woodward occasionally described other invertebrate 
fossils besides Arthropods, and among his contributions to the 
GroLocicaL MAGAZINE are accounts of Tertiary shells from Sumatra 
(1879), Paleozoic fossils from Beechey Island (1878), and a well- 
preserved cuttle-fish from the Chalk of Mount Lebanon (1883). 
Almost all Henry Woodward’s writings may be described as 
bringing together useful materials for science rather than as finished 
contributions. He rarely did more than state the facts and make 
a few obvious comparisons. He always hesitated to deal with 
principles, and although he admitted the general truth of the 
doctrine of evolution, he left to others its application to 
paleontological research. At the same time he encouraged younger 
students to adopt the new methods, and he was ever eager to help 
them with his learning and judicious criticism. He realized the 
possibility of formulating at least some laws; he only insisted on 
tempering scientific enthusiasm with discretion. 
In 1857 Henry Woodward married Miss Ellen Sophia Page, of 
Norwich, who took a keen interest in his work, and gave him much 
help until her death in 1913. Readers of the GEoLocicaL MAGAZINE 
remember with gratitude her valuable index to the first forty 
volumes, which was published in 1905. Of the two sons, both already 
dead, Harry P. Woodward was for several years Government 
Geologist of West Australia, while Martin F. Woodward began a 
promising career as a zoologist. Of the five daughters, Miss Gertrude 
M. Woodward has long been known for her beautiful illustrations of 
fossils and zoological specimens in the works of many authors. 
Henry Woodward took a very active share in the work of the 
Geological Society. He was elected a Fellow in 1864, was awarded 
