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iJlemoriam. 
John Henry Howarth, f.g.s. 
(1853—1918.) 
By the death of John Henry Howarth on March 8th, 1918, York- 
shire Geology lost one of its steadfast supporters and most earnest 
amateur workers. Born at Kirkby Malham in 1853, Howarth ex- 
hibited in his stalwart frame and strong lineaments characteristics of a 
type not uncommon in the Craven district. Brought up among the 
bold scars and ravines of that district and educated at Giggleswick 
Grammar School, it is not surprising that his attention was early 
directed to the subject of Geology, but a decisive influence seems to 
have been the fact that in his youth and early manhood he became 
acquainted with two men of notable personality who were engaged 
in mapping the district for the Geological Survey. These were J. R. 
Dakyns and R. H. Tiddeman. These were the great days of Yorkshire 
Geology. In the year that Howarth reached the age of 19 years, 
Tiddeman's epoch-making paper on " The Evidence for an Ice-sheet 
in North Lancashire and adjacent parts of Yorkshire " was published, 
and at the same period Tiddeman was spending his vacations in the 
exploration of the Victoria Cave. The Geological Survey was massing 
its forces here or hereabouts, and some of its ablest men were engaged 
in the mapping. McKenny Hughes was at work round about Ingle- 
borough; Goodchild's great Glacial paper followed so closely upon 
Tiddeman's that it seems probable that his results were independently 
reached through embodying the same principles ; De Ranee was at 
work in Lancashire; Green and Aveling and Clifton Ward in the country 
north and south of Leeds. A little later, Fox-Strangways, fresh from 
his successful work in North-east Yorkshire, came into the Limestone 
country to assist in the mapping of the fells at the head of Wensleydale. 
What wonder, then, that the interest of a young man of Howarth's 
mental qualities was aroused. 
A strong and enduring friendship sprang up between him and 
Tiddeman that lasted through their lives. A community of literary 
tastes was a further bond, and we have heard from Howarth humorous 
descriptions of their joint essays in the dramatic art. Some of their 
productions in the way of light and rather topical comedy were per- 
formed at Skipton, and one little play of the kind, in which, in addition 
