IN MEMORIAM : REV. JOHN HAWELL, M.-A., F.G.S. 333 
of the latest pieces of his work was the investigation of the fossil 
plants from the Lower Oolites of Redcar. These were described 
in a communication to the Naturalist, and one of the new species 
was named Dictyozamites Hawellii, by Dr. Seward, of Cam- 
bridge, to whom the specimens were submitted — a well-deserved 
compliment to a zealous investigator. Of his connection with 
the Cleveland Club and the stimulus he gave to its operations, 
Dr. W. Y. Veitch, of Middlesbrough, writes : — " The Rev. John 
Hawell was the most enthusiastic and genial naturalist it has 
been my pleasure to meet. He was equally keen in the field 
of botanical and entomological research, or on the water for 
what could be found in our dredging expeditions, being ubiquitous 
in his cheerful help. I first made his acquaintance at one of 
those meetings, which, needless to say, quickly ripened into 
a close friendship. His chief delight, however, was in geological 
work, and the prospect of a find always called forth his energy. 
He acquired a good scientific library cognate to his work, and 
a large collection of geological specimens from all quarters of 
the globe, being in correspondence with geologists of many 
nationalities. These, with characteristic generosity, he be- 
queathed to the Cleveland Naturalists' Club and the Dorman 
Memorial Museum at Middlesbrough, for the benefit of the people 
of that town." 
In addition to his devotion to the Natural Sciences he was 
keenly interested in the local antiquities, folk-lore, and kindred 
subjects, and he edited the Ingleby Greenhow Parish Registers, 
1539-1800, and the Stokesley Parish Register, 1571-1750, for 
the Yorkshire Parish Register Society. 
Those who have had the pleasure of many a long day's 
tramp in his company and who have shared the privilege of 
intimate intercourse mth him, ^\'iU not soon lose the memory 
of his bright and friendly presence and the infectious enthusiasm 
of his companionship. 
The portrait (PI. XLIX.) is an enlargement of portion 
of a group taken by Mr. Godfrey Bingley at the Yorkshire 
Naturalists' Union Excursion to Brimham Rocks on September 
24th, 1902. 
W. Lower Carter. 
