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WILFRID HUDLESTON HUDLESTON, 1828—1909. 



In the history of Geological Science two classes of individuals have, at 

 various times, contributed to its advancement, namely, the amateur 

 investigator and the professional worker. Of these the amateurs were 

 certainly amongst the earliest in the field, and indeed it may be truly said 



that, but for their labours, 

 the initiation of the Geo- 

 logical Society and the 

 Survey itself as a pub- 

 lic department would 

 scarcely have met with 

 so early a reception in 

 this country. 



Thanks to our univer- 

 sities and public schools, 

 well-trained professional 

 workers have now become 

 so numerous that there 

 seems little room left for 

 the amateur ; neverthe- 

 less, so fascinating is the 

 science that geology is 

 still pursued with marked 

 success by many private 

 persons, purely con amore 

 and often as a leisure 

 hour pursuit or an 

 agreeable concomitant of 

 travel. Foremost amongst 

 those non - professional 

 geologists, who devoted 

 his life for many years to 

 this science, must be placed the name of Wilfrid Hudleston Hudleston 

 (formerly Simpson). 



Born at York, June 2, 1828, Wilfrid Hudleston Simpson was the eldest 

 son of Dr. John Simpson, of Knaresborough, and is, on his father's side, a 

 descendant of three generations of Yorkshire " medicine-men." His mother, 

 n4e Elizabeth Ward, was heiress of the Hudlestons of Cumberland, and in 

 1867, on succeeding to the family estates, Wilfrid, by letters patent, assumed 

 the name of Hudleston, by which he is best known among geologists. 



From 1831 to 1834 he resided with his parents in Harrogate, where his 

 first playfellow was Henry Clifton Sorby — who afterwards became so 

 distinguished a geologist and a President of the Geological Society of London. 



