Yol. 62.] ANNIVERSARY MEETING WOLLASTON MEDAL. xll 



Award of the Wollaston Medal. 



In presenting the Wollaston Medal to Dr. Henry Woodward, 

 P. U.S., the President addressed him as follows : — 



Dr. Woodward, — 



The Wollaston Medal, the highest honour which it is in the 

 power of the Society to bestow, has been unanimously awarded to 

 you by the Council, in recognition of your researches concerning 

 the mineral structure of the Earth, and particularly of your valuable 

 contributions to the science of Palaeontology, and more especially to 

 our knowledge of the fossil Arthropoda. 



There are many reasons why your fellow-workers and friends 

 should rejoice at this award. 



As Director of the Geological Department of the British Museum, 

 your duties must have been heavy; but you have found time for an 

 extraordinary amount of work, in addition to that necessitated by 

 your official position. 



Many are the learned Societies which are indebted to you for 

 counsel. Besides our own, I may mention the Zoological, Palaeon- 

 tographical, Microscopical, and Malacological Societies, the Geolo- 

 gists' Association, and the Museums Association. Your labours on 

 behalf of these Societies have been recognized by your having been 

 called upon to occupy the Presidential Chair of the greater number 

 of them. 



The debt which geologists owe to you as Editor of the 

 * Geological Magazine ' was admitted by Dr. Bonney, when, twenty 

 years ago, on behalf of numerous subscribers he presented a 

 testimonial to you in these Apartments. That debt is now more 

 than doubled, for you have been Editor of the Magazine for over 

 forty years, and during the greater part of that period its chief 

 Editor. In addition to this we are deeply grateful to you, and 

 especially to her who has ever interested herself in your labours, 

 for the c Index to the Geological Magazine ' which appeared last 

 year. It is a happy circumstance that the bestowal of this Medal 

 upon you occurs in a month which witnesses the publication of the 

 500th number of that magazine. Long may the Magazine continue 

 to flourish in the hands of its present Editor. 



Dr. Bonney, on the occasion to which I have alluded, paid a just 

 tribute to your great kindness to other workers, and especially 

 to the encouragement that you have ever given to the young. 



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