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  HORACE 
  BOLINGBROKE 
  WOODWARD, 
  1848—1914. 
  

  

  The 
  subject 
  of 
  this 
  notice 
  was 
  the 
  third 
  of 
  a 
  generation 
  of 
  geologists, 
  

   his 
  father 
  being 
  Samuel 
  P. 
  Woodward, 
  the 
  well-known 
  naturalist 
  and 
  

   palaeontologist 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  and 
  his 
  grandfather 
  Samuel 
  

   Woodward, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  writers 
  on 
  the 
  geology 
  of 
  Norfolk, 
  to 
  the 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  grandson 
  was 
  destined 
  to 
  add 
  so 
  much. 
  

  

  Born 
  in 
  London 
  on 
  August 
  20, 
  1848, 
  Woodward 
  was 
  educated 
  at 
  a 
  private 
  

   school 
  ; 
  but 
  his 
  geologic 
  education 
  was 
  largely 
  evolved, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  

   many 
  other 
  men, 
  during 
  his 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey. 
  He 
  married 
  

   Miss 
  Alice 
  Jennings 
  in 
  1873, 
  and 
  lost 
  her 
  in 
  1902. 
  They 
  have 
  left 
  but 
  

   one 
  daughter. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  few 
  years 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  were 
  marred 
  by 
  serious 
  illness, 
  but 
  this 
  

   did 
  not 
  prevent 
  him 
  from 
  pretty 
  constant 
  activity 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  writing 
  ; 
  

   indeed 
  his 
  industry 
  was 
  marvellous. 
  He 
  bore 
  his 
  long 
  illness 
  with 
  fortitude, 
  

   maintaining 
  a 
  cheerful 
  spirit 
  to 
  the 
  last. 
  He 
  died 
  at 
  Croydon 
  on 
  February 
  6, 
  

   1914. 
  

  

  Woodward 
  spent 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  on 
  the 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  

   on 
  which 
  he 
  served 
  for 
  41 
  years, 
  adding 
  greatly 
  to 
  its 
  reputation, 
  and 
  

   gaining 
  the 
  esteem 
  and 
  affection 
  of 
  his 
  colleagues. 
  He 
  was 
  appointed 
  

   Assistant 
  Geologist 
  in 
  July, 
  1867, 
  promoted 
  to 
  Geologist 
  in 
  January, 
  1875, 
  

   and 
  became 
  Resident 
  Geologist, 
  in 
  London, 
  in 
  December, 
  1894. 
  He 
  was 
  

   promoted 
  to 
  District 
  Surveyor 
  two 
  years 
  later, 
  was 
  made 
  Acting 
  Director 
  

   for 
  England 
  and 
  Wales 
  in 
  July, 
  1899, 
  and 
  had 
  his 
  final 
  promotion 
  to 
  

   Assistant 
  Director 
  in 
  April, 
  1901, 
  which 
  post 
  he 
  held 
  until 
  his 
  retirement 
  

   on 
  the 
  last 
  day 
  of 
  1908. 
  

  

  His 
  field-work 
  on 
  the 
  Survey 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  varied 
  kind, 
  chiefly 
  amongst 
  

   formations 
  of 
  Pleistocene, 
  Pliocene 
  and 
  Jurassic 
  age. 
  He 
  spent 
  much 
  time 
  

   in 
  Somerset 
  (including 
  the 
  coal-field) 
  and 
  neighbouring 
  counties. 
  He 
  took 
  

   part 
  in 
  the 
  Drift-mapping 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  around 
  London; 
  he 
  had 
  a 
  long 
  

   experience 
  of 
  Norfolk 
  (the 
  county 
  of 
  his 
  grandfather, 
  Samuel 
  Woodward) 
  ; 
  

   and 
  he 
  had 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  many 
  counties 
  of 
  central 
  and 
  southern 
  England 
  

   in 
  which 
  Jurassic 
  beds 
  occur 
  (for 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  his 
  great 
  Memoir 
  

   on 
  those 
  beds), 
  besides 
  which 
  he 
  also 
  did 
  work 
  on 
  rocks 
  of 
  that 
  age 
  in 
  

   Scotland. 
  As 
  Assistant 
  Director 
  he 
  had 
  of 
  course 
  to 
  deal 
  with 
  all 
  the 
  

   formations 
  of 
  England 
  and 
  Wales, 
  in 
  superintending 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  staff. 
  

  

  His 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Geological 
  Society 
  was 
  a 
  long 
  one. 
  He 
  was 
  

   appointed 
  Assistant 
  in 
  1863, 
  and 
  was 
  elected 
  a 
  Fellow 
  in 
  1868. 
  He 
  served 
  

   on 
  the 
  Council 
  for 
  several 
  years, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  Vice-President 
  in 
  1904-6 
  ; 
  but 
  

   bad 
  health 
  in 
  later 
  years 
  prevented 
  him 
  from 
  taking 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  affairs 
  

   of 
  the 
  Society. 
  The 
  Council 
  awarded 
  him 
  the 
  Murchison 
  Fund 
  in 
  1885, 
  

   the 
  Murchison 
  Medal 
  in 
  1897, 
  and 
  the 
  Wollaston 
  Medal 
  (its 
  highest 
  honour) 
  

   in 
  1909. 
  He 
  was 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Geologists' 
  Association 
  for 
  a 
  year 
  

   (1893-4) 
  ; 
  but 
  his 
  official 
  duties 
  hindered 
  him 
  from 
  continuing 
  to 
  hold 
  that 
  

  

  vol. 
  xci. 
  — 
  B. 
  e 
  

  

  